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fiogf49gjkf0d MALI IS A LANDLOCKED COUNTRY, SITUATED IN WEST AFRICA. IT
COVERS AN AREA OF 1,240,192SQ KM. SENEGAL BORDERS MALI TO
THE WEST, MAURITANIA TO THE NORTHWEST, ALGERIA TO THE
NORTHEAST, BURKINA FASO AND NIGER TO THE SOUTHEAST, COTE
D'IVOIRE IN THE SOUTH AND FINALLY GUINEA TO THE SOUTHWEST.
MALI IS GENERALLY FLAT WITH PLATEAUS AND PLAINS BEING IT'S
ONLY RELIEF FEATURES. IN SOUTH & SOUTHWEST THE PLATEAUS
REACH A HEIGHT OF 640M ABOVE SEA-LEVEL AT SATADOUGOU. RIVER
VALLEYS ARE POPULAR & INDENT THIS WHOLE AREA. THE PLATEAUS
TO THE SOUTHEAST & THE EAST ARE A RANGE OF HILLS BETWEEN
305M AND 518M.
TANEZROUFT & TAOUDENNI ARE TWO LARGE PLAINS SITUATED IN THE
SAHARA DESERT, IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY. ADRAR
DES IFORAS, IS A BRANCH OF THE MOUNTAIN REGION OF AHOGGAR.
CENTRAL MALI CONSISTS OF THE PLAINS OF THE NIGER RIVER
BASIN. ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE NIGER RIVER FLOWS THROUGH
MALI FORMING AN INTERIOR DELTA.
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