| Location | Western Africa, southeast of Algeria |
| Geographic coordinates | 16 00 N, 8 00 E |
| Map references | Africa |
| Area | total: 1.267 million sq km land: 1,266,700 sq km water: 300 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly less than twice the size of Texas |
| Land boundaries | total: 5,834 km border countries (7): Algeria 951 km, Benin 277 km, Burkina Faso 622 km, Chad 1196 km, Libya 342 km, Mali 838 km, Nigeria 1608 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south |
| Terrain | predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Idoukal-n-Taghes 2,022 m lowest point: Niger River 200 m mean elevation: 474 m |
| Natural resources | uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates, gold, molybdenum, gypsum, salt, petroleum |
| Land use | agricultural land: 35.1% (2018 est.) arable land: 12.3% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 0.1% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 22.7% (2018 est.) forest: 1% (2018 est.) other: 63.9% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 1,000 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 34.05 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | recurring droughts |
| Geography - note | landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
