Ghana: Geography#
| Location | Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 8 00 N, 2 00 W 8.0,-2.0 |
| Area | total: 238,533 sq km land: 227,533 sq km water: 11,000 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 238533 DBpedia: 238533 Geoname: 239460 Infoplease: 239460 Britannica: 238533 Wolfram: 238533 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 2,420 km border countries: Burkina Faso 602 km, Cote d'Ivoire 720 km, Togo 1,098 km |
| Coastline | 539 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Afadjato 885 m |
| Highest Mountains | |
| Terrain | mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area |
| Natural Hazards | dry, dusty, northeastern harmattan winds from January to March; droughts |
| Natural Resource | gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber, hydropower, petroleum, silver, salt, limestone |
| Land Use | arable land: 20.12% permanent crops: 11.74% other: 68.14% (2011) |
| Climate | tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north |
| Irrigated Land | 309 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 53.2 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | recurrent drought in north severely affects agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; poaching and habitat destruction threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; inadequate supplies of potable water |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation |
| Large Cities | Accra; Kumasi; Tamale; Takoradi; Ashiaman [Verified] Important Cities |
| Geography-note | Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake by surface area (8,482 sq km; 3,275 sq mi) |