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The Regions Naturelles in Guinea

The Republic of Guinea is located southwest of West Africa 7 ° 05 and 12 ° 51 North latitude and 30 ° 7 and 15 ° 10 west longitude, halfway to the equator and the Tropic of Cancer . It covers an area of 245857 km2. It is a coastal country with 300 km of Atlantic coastline west and varied terrain ranging from the plains of coastline at low altitude in mountainous areas of the country's interior in some places reaching an altitude of over 1500m.
Low - Guinea corresponds to the entire coastal area to the foot of the Fouta Djalon. She receives from 2000 to 4000 mm of rain per year.
The rice, coconut and palm, cola, bananas, pineapples, citrus and food crops are the main crops.
Loos islands off Conakry and the islands to the west Tristao (Guinea border - Bissau), the Cap - Verga, have a clear interest to tourists. The average annual temperature is 23 ° to 25 °. Rainfall is relatively high during the summer monsoon (4 meters of water per year from May to October).
In August, she recorded the maximum rainfall.
Called Guinea Maritime, the region is home to major mining centres: Bauxite Company of Guinea (CBG) in Boké, the CAG to Fria, the company Kindia bauxite (Débélé), as well as vast areas of rice crops. Fishing is abundant. The capital, Conakry located on the peninsula of Kaloum, attracts a wealth of rural population.
Average - Guinea is dominated by hills correspondent for the Fouta Djalon and with an average altitude exceeds 700 m. The climate is cooler and drier, with a rainfall of 1500 mm to 2000 mm per year. The main activities are livestock, agriculture (rice and fonio).
Described as "Water Tower" of West Africa but is home to the sources of many rivers: Gambia, Bafing (or Senegal River), Milo or the Niger river, flowing Konkouré on its slopes and cut the massive deep gorges and valleys lush. Large savannah tree conducive to breeding cattle cover a large part trays (average altitude 1,000 m), where the mountains Loura peak (1,538 m) in the north and Diaquissa (1,425 m) to the south. There are also pine forests.
This region is predominantly agro - Pastoral (cattle). It has a pleasant temperature, the region of Dalaba is described as "African Switzerland." The rainfall is very high. During the monsoon, the tracks are hardly rendered impassable.
The average conceals Guinea also important ore deposits, mainly of bauxite, marble and slate.
High - Guinea is located in the north-east of the country and covers the vast plateau of Mandingo (103,000 km2).
It is a huge savannah, whose altitude between 200 and 400 meters.
Apart from the flood plains, it provides little agricultural possibilities. There is an abundance the néré, the baobab, kapokier and shea tree. The subsistence crops are rice, fonio, cassava, millet, peanuts and cotton is the main cash crop.
Temperatures are high with an atmosphere southern Sudan. A low rainfall designed to operate throughout the year. Upper Guinea is subject to the usual rotation of a very dry season lasts (eight months) and a generous rainy season sometimes leading to severe flooding. This is the region of major rivers par excellence, the most famous of which is the Niger River which originates in Faranah.
The province is home to many gold holdings (Siguiri) and diamond jewellery (Banankoro) that the wealth of this region.
Forest Guinea
It is dominated by the mass of Nimba.
It presents a climate of southern type - equatorial with annual rainfall from 1700 to 3000 mm. In addition to logging, it has an important agricultural potential which allows the expansion of the cultivation of rice and tropical tree crops: coffee, oil palm, rubber, cocoa and bananas.
In Guinea forest, where there are still secondary forests in mountainous areas, culminates Mount - 1752 m. On the border of Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia. There are also areas of Savanna in the lowlands and forests galleries in the valleys.
The climate means a long rainy season (8 to 10 months). The average temperature is 24 ° to 26 °. It is made difficult for a high humidity.
The Guinea forest lots of mineral resources: diamonds, iron, graphite, manganese.