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Ivory Coast
Index
Figure 4. Vegetation Zones, 1983
Source: Based on information from Y. Monnier, "Végétation," in
Pierre Vennetier (ed.), Atlas de la Côte d'Ivoire (2d
ed.), Paris, 1983, 17.
The nation consists of a large plateau rising gradually
from
sea level to almost 500 meters altitude in the north.
Vegetation
changes from lagoon and semitropical growth in the south
to savanna
grassland and scrub in the north
(see
fig. 4). Mountain
ranges
extend along the western border and a few peaks dot the
northeast
corner. Four major river systems flow southward forming
parallel
drainage basins. Cutting across these basins are three
geographic
regions roughly parallel to the coast--the lagoon region,
the
forest region, and the savanna region.
Data as of November 1988
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