!!!Ghana: Geography ||Location|Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo ||Geographic Coordinates|8 00 N, 2 00 W[{GoogleMap location='8.0,-2.0' zoom='4'}] ||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|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 238533\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 238533\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 239460\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 239460\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 238533\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 238533''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@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/Africa/Ghana/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake by surface area (8,482 sq km; 3,275 sq mi)