Two principal climate zones can be distinguished. The climate of Burkina Faso is generally sunny, hot, and dry. Where is the Great Fence? What is Rhodesia now called? And which country’s name means "silvery"? It’s a country challenge-are you up for it? Climate Much of the soil in the country is infertile. In the southwest there are sandstone plateaus bordered by the Banfora Escarpment, which is about 500 feet (150 metres) high and faces southeast. Great seasonal variation occurs in the flow of the rivers, and some rivers become dry beds during the dry season. The Oti, another tributary of the Volta, rises in southeastern Burkina Faso. The lateritic (red, leached, iron-bearing) layer of rock that covers the underlying crystalline rocks is deeply incised by the country’s three principal rivers-the Black Volta (Mouhoun), the Red Volta (Nazinon), and the White Volta (Nakambé)-all of which converge in Ghana to the south to form the Volta River.
Relief, drainage, and soilsīurkina Faso is situated on an extensive plateau, which is slightly inclined toward the south. Physical features of Burkina Faso Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.īurkina Faso is bounded by Mali to the north and west, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, and Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo to the south. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.Britannica Beyond We’ve created a new place where questions are at the center of learning.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.
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