|
The Republic of Guinea is located in West Africa and bordered to the northwest by Guinea-Bissau, the north by Senegal and
Mali, the east by Côte d’Ivoire, the south by Liberia and the southwest by Sierra Leone. Guinea’s many rivers supply water
to much of West Africa. The River Niger flows north from the southern highlands into Mali before turning south again through
Niger and Nigeria. The coastal plain is made up of mangrove swamps, while inland are the Fouta Djalon hills which form several
distinct ranges and plateaux over the whole of western Guinea. In the northeast, savannah plains of the Sahel region stretch
into Mali. To the south are mountains known as the Guinea Highlands.
|