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Guinea Geography 1996

Location:

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone

Map references:

Africa

Area:

total area:

245,860 sq km

land area:

245,860 sq km

comparative area:

slightly smaller than Oregon

Land boundaries:

total 3,399 km, Guinea-Bissau 386 km, Cote d'Ivoire 610 km, Liberia 563 km, Mali 858 km, Senegal 330 km, Sierra Leone 652 km

Coastline:

320 km

Maritime claims:

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

none

Climate:

generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds

Terrain:

generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior

Natural resources:

diamonds

Land use:

arable land:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

12%

forest and woodland:

42%

other:

40%

Irrigated land:

240 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

deforestation; inadequate supplies of potable water; desertification; soil contamination and erosion; overfishing

natural hazards:

hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Desertification

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