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

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