Geography of Liberia

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Topographic map of Liberia

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Location of Liberia in western Africa

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Köppen climate classification map of Liberia

Liberia is a sub-Saharan nation in West Africa located at 6 °N, 9 °W.

Area and boundariesEdit

Area

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- country rank in the world: 102nd
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Area — comparative

Australia comparative: approximately Template:Sfrac larger than Tasmania
Canada comparative: approximately twice the size of Nova Scotia
United Kingdom comparative: slightly more than Template:Sfrac larger than Scotland
United States comparative: slightly larger than Virginia
EU comparative: approximately the size of Bulgaria

Land boundaries

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border countries: Sierra Leone (Template:Convert), Guinea (Template:Convert), Ivory Coast (Template:Convert)

Coastline

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Physical geographyEdit

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 Template:Convert in length from northwest to southeast, with a width of about Template:Convert. The coastline is about Template:Convert, including river mouths and inlets up to one kilometre wide.<ref name=Hughes>Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref name=Atlas/>

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.<ref name=Atlas/>

Further inland the land rises, sometimes with escarpments, to a plateau some Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert in several places, the highest point in the country being in the Wologizi Range at Template:Convert.<ref name=Hughes/>

Extreme pointsEdit

This is a list of the extreme points of Liberia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

Northernmost point – unnamed location on the border with Guinea in the Sodia river immediately north of the town of Voinjama, Lofa County.
Easternmost point – unnamed headland at the confluence of the Cavally river and the Hana river, River Gee County.
Southernmost point – Kablaké headland, Maryland County.
Westernmost point - unnamed headland immediately west of the town of Sewulu at the mouth of the Mano River, Grand Cape Mount County.