<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 1%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 3%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 2%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 39%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 55%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 20 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> West Africa's largest tropical rain forest, subject to deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March)
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation