Geography Of French Guiana

Location	Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname
Geographic coordinates	4 00 N, 53 00 W
Map references	south_america
Area	total: 91,000 sq km water: 1,850 sq km land: 89,150 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Indiana
Land boundaries	total: 1,183 km border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km
Coastline	378 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation
Terrain	low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
Natural resources	bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish, niobium, tantalum, clay
Land use	arable land: 0.14% permanent crops: 0.05% other: 99.81% (90% forest, 10% other) (2001)
Irrigated land	20 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	high frequency of heavy showers and severe thunderstorms; flooding
Environment - current issues	NA
Environment - international agreements
Geography note	mostly an unsettled wilderness; the only non-independent portion of the South American continent

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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