evidence: Burkina Faso, with its total area of 105,900 square miles (274,200 square kilometers), sits landlocked in the heart of West Africa. It shares its borders with six other nations: Mali to the north and west, Niger to the east, and Benin to the southeast, while to the south it touches Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast. [...] Burkina Faso's topography generally slopes from the north and west towards the south and east, creating a vast peneplain, a landscape that's been eroded nearly flat and punctuated by isolated hills, the highest of which is Tena Kourou at 2,451 feet (747 meters). The western and southwestern regions feature the most elevation, which is shown in the Banfora Escarpment's remarkable sandstone cliffs and scenic waterfalls. [...] Burkina Faso is a West African country located in the Northern Hemisphere region of the Earth. As it straddles the Prime Meridian, it has territories on both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. It borders six countries. These are Benin and Togo to the southeast, Niger to the east, Mali to the north and west, Ivory Coast to the southwest, and Ghana to the south. Being a landlocked country, Burkina Faso does not have a coastline.