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Suriname Geography 1996

Location:

Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana

Map references:

South America

Area:

total area:

163,270 sq km

land area:

161,470 sq km

comparative area:

slightly larger than Georgia

Land boundaries:

total 1,707 km, Brazil 597 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km

Coastline:

386 km

Maritime claims:

exclusive economic zone:

200 nm

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

claims area in French Guiana between Litani Rivier and Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa Rivier); claims area in Guyana between New (Upper Courantyne) and Courantyne/Koetari Rivers (all headwaters of the Courantyne)

Climate:

tropical; moderated by trade winds

Terrain:

mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps

Natural resources:

timber, hydropower potential, fish, shrimp, bauxite, iron ore, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, gold

Land use:

arable land:

NEGL%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

97%

other:

Irrigated land:

590 sq km (1989 est.)

Environment:

current issues:

deforestation as foreign producers obtain timber concessions

natural hazards:

international agreements:

party to - Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea

Note:

mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna which for the most part is not threatened because of the lack of development; relatively small population most of which lives along the coast

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