!!!Liberia: Geography ||Location|Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone ||Geographic Coordinates|6 30 N, 9 30 W[{GoogleMap location='6.5,-9.5' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''111,369 sq km\\''land: ''96,320 sq km\\''water: ''15,049 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]: 111369\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 111369\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 111370\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 111370\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 96917\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 111369''__\\__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: ''1,585 km\\''border countries: ''Guinea 563 km, Cote d'Ivoire 716 km, Sierra Leone 306 km ||Coastline|579 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mount Wuteve 1,380 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast ||Natural Hazards|dust-laden harmattan winds blow from the Sahara (December to March) ||Natural Resource|iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower ||Land Use|''arable land: ''4.04%\\''permanent crops: ''1.62%\\''other: ''94.34% (2011) ||Climate|tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers ||Irrigated Land|21 sq km (2003) ||Renewable Water Resources|232 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|tropical rain forest deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage ||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, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation ||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]: Monrovia; Gbarnga; Ganta; Buchanan; Bensonville\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Monrovia; Gbarnga; Kakata; Bensonville; Harper\\\\\__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/Liberia/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|facing the Atlantic Ocean, the coastline is characterized by lagoons, mangrove swamps, and river-deposited sandbars; the inland grassy plateau supports limited agriculture