Geography

At 245,857 km sq, Guinea is roughly the size of the United Kingdom. The country has 320 km of coastline and land borders of 3,399 km. The countries bordering Guinea are Mali to the north and north-east, Côte d'Ivoire to the south-east, Liberia to the south, Sierra Leone to the southwest, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest and Senegal to the north.

The country is divided into three main regions:

• the lowlands in the east along the coast
• the mountains that run roughly north-south through the country
• the forested jungle regions in the south and east

Guinea's mountains are the source for the Niger, the Gambia and Senegal Rivers, as well as the numerous rivers flowing to the sea on the west side of the range in Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. The highest point in Guinea is Mont Nimba at 1,752 metres.