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Geography
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
12 00 N, 15 00 W
Area: 
total: 36,125 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
137
land: 28,120 sq km
water: 8,005 sq km
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km
350 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Current Weather
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
arable land: 8.31%
permanent crops: 6.92%
other: 84.77% (2005)
250 sq km (2003)
31 cu km (2003)
total: 0.18 cu km/yr (13%/5%/82%)
per capita: 113 cu m/yr (2000)
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland
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