Geography Of Guinea-Bissau

Location	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
Geographic coordinates	12 00 N, 15 00 W
Map references	africa
Area	total: 36,120 sq km water: 8,120 sq km land: 28,000 sq km
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	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
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: 10.67% permanent crops: 8.82% other: 80.51% (2001)
Irrigated land	170 sq km (1998 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
Geography note	this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying further inland

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

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