Geography Of Guinea-bissau

Location:

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal

Geographic coordinates:

Map references:

Africa

Area:

• Total: 36,120 km²

• Land: 28,000 km²

• Water: 8,120 km²

Area--comparative:

Slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut

Land boundaries:

• Total: 724 km

• Border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km

Coastline:

350 km

Maritime claims:

• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm (370.4 km)

• Territorial sea: 12 nm (22.2 km)

Climate:

Tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds

Terrain:

Mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east

Elevation extremes:

• Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

• Highest point: Unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m

Natural resources:

Fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum

Land use:

• Arable land: 11%

• Permanent crops: 1%

• Permanent pastures: 38%

• Forests and woodland: 38%

• Other: 12% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:

17 km² (1993 est.)

Natural hazards:

Hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires

Environment--current issues:

Deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing

Environment--international agreements:

• Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Wetlands

• Signed, but not ratified: None of the selected agreements

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