_#_Land boundaries: 5,697 km total; Algeria 956 km, Benin 266 km, Burkina 628 km, Chad 1,175 km, Libya 354 km, Mali 821 km, Nigeria 1,497 km
_#_Coastline: none—landlocked
_#_Maritime claims: none—landlocked
_#_Disputes: Libya claims about 19,400 km2 in northern Niger; demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad, the lack of which has led to border incidents in the past, is completed and awaiting ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria; Burkina and Mali are proceeding with boundary demarcation, including the tripoint with Niger
_#_Climate: desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
_#_Terrain: predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north
_#_Natural resources: uranium, coal, iron ore, tin, phosphates
_#_Land use: arable land 3%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 7%; forest and woodland 2%; other 88%; includes irrigated NEGL%
_#_Environment: recurrent drought and desertification severely affecting marginal agricultural activities; overgrazing; soil erosion
_#_Note: landlocked