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GUINEA IS SITUATED IN WEST AFRICA AND COVER AN AREA OF
245,857 SQ.KM. TO THE NORTH LIES GUINEA-BISSAU AND SENEGAL,
TO THE NORTH-EAST LIES MALI, TO THE SOUTHEAST IS COTE
D'IVOIRE AND FINALLY THE SOUTH IS BORDERED BY SIERRA LEONE
AND LIBERIA. IT IS POSSIBLE TO DIVIDE GUINEA IN FOUR
GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS: LOWER GUINEA, FOUTA DJALLON, UPPER
GUINEA AND THE FOREST REGION.
LOWER GUINEA INCLUDES THE COASTAL REGION AND COASTAL PLAIN
OF GUINEA. THESE REGIONS ARE GENERALLY SWAMPY, WITH
BEAUTIFUL SANDY BEACHES ON THE COASTLINE, SURROUNDED BY
BLUE LAGOONS.
FOUTA DJALLON, LIES TO THE EAST WITH MOUNTAINS RISING
DRAMATICALLY FROM THE COASTAL PLAIN. THIS PLAIN EXTENDS
THROUGH AN AREA OF 12,769 SQ.KM. AND RISE TO 900M. MOUNT
LOURA IS THE HIGHEST POINT OF THIS REGION IN THE NORTH AT
1525M.
UPPER GUINEA IS MADE UP OF THE NIGER PLAINS, SLOPING
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST TO THE SAHARA DESERT.
THE FOREST REGIONS, AS DESCRIBED BY ITS NAME, IS A SEGREGATED
FOREST HIGHLAND AREA. IT INCLUDES THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST
POINT, WHICH IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTHWEST, MOUNT NIMBA RISING
TO 1752M.
THE THREE PRINCIPAL RIVERS ARE THE NIGER, SENEGAL AND
GAMBIA, WHICH ALL FLOW INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. SOILS TEND
TO BE SANDY BROWN IN THE NORTHEAST, WHILE ALONG THE RIVERS
YOU GENERALLY HAVE ALLUVIAL SOILS. |
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