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Ivory Coast
Index
Size: Total area 322,460 square kilometers.
Topography: Southern boundary 515-kilometer
coastline on
Gulf of Guinea. Southeast marked by coastal lagoons;
southern
region, especially southwest, densely forested; northern
region
savanna zone of lateritic or sandy soils, with vegetation
decreasing from south to north within region. Terrain
mostly flat
to undulating plains, with mountains in the west.
Climate: Warm, humid climate transitional from
equatorial
to tropical. In north, heavy rains between June and
October (110
centimeters annually); along equatorial coast, some rain
in most
months, but heaviest between May and July and August and
September
(200 centimeters annually), with major dry season from
December to
April. Temperatures average between 25° C and 30°C and
range from
10°C to 40°C.
Data as of November 1988
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