!!!Guinea: Geography
||Location|Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone
||Geographic Coordinates|11 00 N, 10 00 W[{GoogleMap location='11.0,-10.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''245,857 sq km\\''land: ''245,717 sq km\\''water: ''140 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''4,046 km\\''border countries: ''Cote d'Ivoire 816 km, Guinea-Bissau 421 km, Liberia 590 km, Mali 1,062 km, Senegal 363 km, Sierra Leone 794 km
||Coastline|320 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mont Nimba 1,752 m
||Highest Mountains|__As there is no entry in [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com] we are listing mountain list of [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org] only:__\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Kakoulima 1011 m; Mount Nimba 1752 m\\ \\__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] 
||Terrain|generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior
||Natural Hazards|hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season
||Natural Resource|bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish, salt
||Land Use|''arable land: ''11.59%\\''permanent crops: ''2.81%\\''other: ''85.6% (2011)
||Climate|generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
||Irrigated Land|949.2 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|226 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing, overpopulation in forest region; poor mining practices have led to environmental damage
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Conakry; Nzerekore; Kindia; Kankan; Kissidougou\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Camayenne; Conakry; Nzérékoré; Kindia; Kankan\\\\\__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] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Guinea/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|the Niger and its important tributary the Milo have their sources in the Guinean highlands