What is Geography of Liberia?
[[Image:Topographic map of Liberia-en.svg|thumb|300px|Topographic map of Liberia|alt=]] [[File:LocationLiberia.svg|thumb|Location of Liberia in western Africa]] [[File:Koppen-Geiger Map LBR present.svg|thumb|Köppen climate classification map of Liberia|alt=]] '''[[Liberia]]''' is a country in [[West Africa]]. It is on the north Atlantic side to the southwest ({{convert|360|mi|order=flip|sp=us}} of sea) and three other African countries on the other three sides, [[Sierra Leone]] to the northwest, [[Guinea]] to the northeast and [[Ivory Coast]] to the east.<ref name=Atlas>{{cite book |title=Atlas of the World |last=Philip's |year=1994 |publisher=Reed International |isbn=0-540-05831-9 |page=100 }}</ref> In total, Liberia comprises {{convert|43000|mi2|order=flip|sp=us|0}} of which {{convert|37190|mi2|order=flip|sp=us}} is land and {{convert|5810|mi2|order=flip|sp=us}} is water. ==Physical geography== Liberia goes from between 4.21°N and 8.34°N to 7.27°W and 11.31°W. It is almost in a rectangle shape measuring about {{convert|510|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} in length from northwest to southeast, with a width of about {{convert|275|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}. The coastline is about {{convert|680|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}, with river mouths up to one kilometre wide.<ref name=Hughes>{{cite book|author=Hughes, R.H. |title=A Directory of African Wetlands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLjafeXa3gMC&pg=PA385 |year=1992 |publisher=IUCN |isbn=978-2-88032-949-5 |pages=385–386}}</ref> Drainage of the whole country is directly to the sea, with a lot of short rivers flowing directly into the sea. These are, from west to east, the Mano River on the border with Sierra Leone, the Mafa River, the Lofa River, the Saint Paul River, the Mesurado River, the Farmington River, the Saint John River, the Timbo River, the Cestos River, the Sehnkwehn River, the Sinoe River, the Dugbe River, the Dubo River, the Grand Cess River and the Cavalla River on the border with Ivory Coast.<ref name=Atlas/> In the west, the sea is low and sandy, but in the central and ea