Geography Of Mauritania

Location	Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara
Geographic coordinates	20 00 N, 12 00 W
Map references	africa
Area	total: 1,030,700 sq km land: 1,030,400 sq km water: 300 sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico
Land boundaries	total: 5,074 km border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km
Coastline	754 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty
Terrain	mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Sebkhet Te-n-Dghamcha -5 m highest point: Kediet Ijill 915 m
Natural resources	iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish
Land use	arable land: 0.48% permanent crops: 0.01% other: 99.51% (2001)
Irrigated land	490 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts
Environment - current issues	overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion aggravated by drought are contributing to desertification; very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Senegal, which is the only perennial river
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	most of the population concentrated in the cities of Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and along the Senegal River in the southern part of the country

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

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