Geography 

Divided in 13 counties Liberia has a surface of 111.369 kmqs. The morphology of the country is senile type, for the ancient geologic origin and the rigidity of the relief, extraneous to important tectonic movements and characterized by the prevalence of tabular forms. The hinterland is constituted by a level band, fragmented, as soon as it is penetrated, from the layers of the guinean highland, the coast is flat and bordered with sand lagoon and with some small promontories. The rivers, brief and with inconstant regime, flow from NE to SO.

Mountains
• Nimba Mountains (Mount Wuteve with 1.380 mt is the biggest mountain in Liberia)
• Wologisi Mount (it is the second highest peak)

Other smaller mountain ranges in Liberia are:
• Putu Range
• Bong Range

Mount Nimba
Mount Nimba is a 1 mile high irone ore mountain with the highest iron deposit in the world. It is part of a chain extending in a southwest-northeast direction along the Guinea-Ivory Coast-Liberia border. Surrounded by lowland rain forest to the South and savanna to the North the mountains are the source of the Nuon Rivers (Nipoué, Cestos) and Cavalla River.

More than 200 species of plant and animal are unique to the Mount Nimba Reserve. Species diversity is exceptionally rich because of the variety of ecosystems created by the presence of grasslands laced with forest.

There is a great topographical diversity, with valleys, plateau, necks, rocky peaks, sudden cliffs and bare granite blocks. The whole area constitutes vast water way that is of archaeological interest.

Beaches
From December to May, the sea is at its clearest:

  • Bernard's Beach,
  • ELWA Beach,
  • Kenema Beach,
  • Kendaje Beach,
  • Sugar Beach,
  • Cedar Beach,
  • Cooper's Beach
  • Caesar's Beach

Lakes

Lake Piso, in Grand Cape Mount County near the city of Robesport; it covers an area of approximately 40 square miles and it is r one of the largest lakes in Liberia.

It is a saltwater lake with an open connection to the Atlantic Ocean and potentially it contains extensive accumulations of diamonds in Cretaceous to the recent sedimentary rocks, derived from rivers descending from a drainage basin which covers a very significant part of the West African diamond field.

Lake Shepard, in Maryland County, it is part saltwater and part fresh water. The lake is a peaceful almost still lake a favorite spot for the locals to gather crabs and turtle eggs.

Rivers

Liberia lies between Mano and Cavalla Rivers on the West and East respectively.
Also:

  • Mano - between Liberia and Sierra Leone;
  • Lofa – starts in Guinea;
  • Saint John- starts in Guinea;
  • Cestos - also know as Nuon or Nipouè;
  • Cavalla - also know as Youbou or Diougou;
  • Mesurado – It pours into the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Montserrado in Monrovia;
  • Ya o Yekepa, Nimba County.


Lofa River