Mali is a landlocked nation in West Africa, located southwest of Algeria, extending south-west from the southern Sahara Desert through the Sahel to the Sudanian savanna zone. Mali's size is 1,240,192 square kilometers. Desert or semi-desert covers about 65 percent of Mali's total area (1,240,192 square kilometers).

2025年1月31日 · Geographical and historical treatment of Mali, a landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian regions, including maps and a survey of its people, economy, and government. The capital is Bamako, located in the southwest of the country.

The Republic of Mali is located in the interior of West Africa, north of the Equator, reaching to the Tropic of Cancer. It is landlocked, sharing borders with seven other African nations. The capital city of Bamako lies at an elevation between 950 and 1,000 feet.

Mali, [c] officially the Republic of Mali, [d] is a landlocked country in West Africa.It is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over 1,240,192 square kilometres (478,841 sq mi). [9] The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east by Niger, to the northwest by Mauritania, to the south by Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, and to the west by Guinea and …

2023年12月7日 · Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of 1,240,192 sq. km. Mali borders seven other nations Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Algeria, and Mauritania.

Mali's climate and vegetation vary from north to south. Northern Mali is arid and "deserted" of vegetation. It is a true desert, a part of the Sahara. Few people live there. Southern Mali is wetter, and natural vegetation is increasingly abundant.

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This atlas explores the geography of Mali, from Aguelhok to Kayes and from Taoudenni to Sikasso, through the 1:200,000 maps produced by the French National Geographic Institute (IGN) in the 1950s and 1960s. Each map serves as a starting point for a reflection on the nature of geographical space.

Mali's climate is one of the harshest in Africa, as most of the country is arid or semi-arid: only 4 percent of the country is arable land. Three major rivers run through Mali: the Niger and the Bani meet at Mopti in the center of the country, and the Senegal in the southwest.

Mali is crossed from west to east by the Niger River, which passes through the capital Bamako and the outskirts of Timbuktu (7 kilometers away). In the westernmost part of the country is the Senegal River, which will later serve as the natural border between Mauritania and Senegal.