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    Mauritania Geography 1997

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    SOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Location Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegaland Western Sahara

      Geographic coordinates 20 00 N, 12 00 W

      Map references Africa

      Area
      total : 1,030,700 sq km
      land: 1,030,400 sq km
      water: 300 sq km

      Area - comparative slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico

      Land boundaries
      total: 5,074 km
      border countries : Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561km

      Coastline 754 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

      Climate desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty

      Terrain mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills

      Elevation extremes
      lowest point: Sebkha de Ndrhamcha -3 m
      highest point: Kediet Ijill 910 m

      Natural resources iron ore, gypsum, fish, copper, phosphate

      Land use
      arable land: 0%
      permanent crops: 0%
      permanent pastures: 38%
      forests and woodland : 4%
      other: 58% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land 490 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March andApril; periodic droughts

      Environment - current issues overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion aggravated by drought arecontributing to desertification; very limited natural fresh water resourcesaway from the Senegal which is the only perennial river

      Environment - international agreements
      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Lawof the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
      signed, but not ratified : none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note most of the population concentrated along the Senegal River in the southernpart of the country

      NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.

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