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Senegal Geography 1996

Location:

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

Map references:

Africa

Area:

total area:

196,190 sq km

land area:

192,000 sq km

comparative area:

slightly smaller than South Dakota

Land boundaries:

total 2,640 km, The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km

Coastline:

531 km

Maritime claims:

contiguous zone:

24 nm

continental shelf:

200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

short section of the boundary with The Gambia is indefinite; boundary with Mauritania in dispute;

Climate:

tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (December to April) has strong southeast winds; dry season (May to November) dominated by hot, dry harmattan wind

Terrain:

generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast

Natural resources:

fish, phosphates, iron ore

Land use:

arable land:

27%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

30%

forest and woodland:

31%

other:

12%

Irrigated land:

1,800 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

wildlife populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing

natural hazards:

lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts

international agreements:

party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Marine Dumping

Note:

The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal

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