Geography Of Senegal

Location Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
 
Geographic coordinates 14 00 N, 14 00 W
 
Map references africa 
Area
total: 196,190 sq km
water: 4,190 sq km
land: 192,000 sq km
 
Area comparative slightly smaller than South Dakota
 
Land boundaries
total: 2,640 km
border countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km
 
Coastline 531 km
 
Maritime claims
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
 
Climate tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind
 
Terrain generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast
 
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m
 
Natural resources fish, phosphates, iron ore
 
Land use
arable land: 12.78%
other: 87.01% (2001)
permanent crops: 0.21%
 
Irrigated land 710 sq km (1998 est.)
 
Natural hazards lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts
 
Environment - current issues wildlife populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing
 
Environment - international agreements
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
 
Geography note westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal

 

 

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