| Liberia | |
| Map: | Satellite_image_of_Liberia_in_January_2003.jpg |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Region: | West Africa |
| Area Ranking: | 102nd |
| Km Area: | 111,369 |
| Percent Land: | 86.49 |
| Km Coastline: | 680 |
| Exclusive Economic Zone: | 249734km2 |
| Borders: | 986km (613miles) |
| Highest Point: | Wologizi Range 1440m (4,720feet) |
| Lowest Point: | Atlantic Ocean 0m (00feet) |
| Longest River: | Cavalla River 515km (320miles) |
| Largest Lake: | Lake Piso 103km2 |
Liberia is a sub-Saharan nation in West Africa located at 6 °N, 9 °W.
Liberia extends from between 4.21°N and 8.34°N to 7.27°W and 11.31°W. It is roughly rectangular measuring about 5100NaN0 in length from northwest to southeast, with a width of about 2750NaN0. The coastline is about 6800NaN0, including river mouths and inlets up to one kilometre wide.[2]
Drainage of the whole country is direct to the sea, with a series of short rivers flowing directly into the sea. These are, from west to east, the Mano River on the border with Sierra Leone, the Mafa River, the Lofa River, the Saint Paul River, the Mesurado River, the Farmington River, the Saint John River, the Timbo River, the Cestos River, the Sehnkwehn River, the Sinoe River, the Dugbe River, the Dubo River, the Grand Cess River and the Cavalla River on the border with Ivory Coast.[1]
In the west, the coast is low and sandy, but in the central and eastern parts of the country it is sandy and rocky and of moderate relief, frequently broken by the mouths of the rivers. The coastal plain varies in width, being narrow between Monrovia and Buchanan, but being much wider in the west and in the Cestos Valley in the centre, narrowing again in the eastern end of the country.[1]
Further inland the land rises, sometimes with escarpments, to a plateau some 300to above sea level. This is divided by the river valleys and there are hilly ridges between some of the river valleys. The land rises further in the north and northwest of the country, with mountains that exceed 1000-2NaN-2 in several places, the highest point in the country being in the Wologizi Range at 14400NaN0.[2]
This is a list of the extreme points of Liberia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
The total length of Liberia's land borders is 986miles: 190miles with Sierra Leone on the northwest, 350miles with Guinea to the north, and 445miles with Ivory Coast. Liberia claims an Exclusive Economic Zone of 249734km2 and 200nmi.
Liberia has a mostly hilly terrain, it also has rolling plains along the coast to a rolling plateau and low mountains in the northeast.
The lowest point on Liberia is at sea level on the Atlantic Ocean. The highest point on Liberia is 14400NaN0 above sea level at Mount Wuteve.
Natural resources that are found in Liberia include iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold and hydropower.
arable land:5.2%
permanent crops:2.1%
permanent pastures:20.8%
forest:44.6%
other:27.3% (2011)
30 square kilometres of Liberia's land was irrigated as of 2012.
The natural hazard that occurs in Liberia is a dust-laden harmattan wind that blows from the Sahara (December to March).