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    Senegal Geography 1997

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    SOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Location Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissauand Mauritania

      Geographic coordinates 14 00 N, 14 00 W

      Map references Africa

      Area
      total: 196,190 sq km
      land: 192,000 sq km
      water: 4,190 sq km

      Area - comparative slightly smaller than South Dakota

      Land boundaries
      total: 2,640 km
      border countries: 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

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

      Terrain generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast

      Elevation extremes
      lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
      highest point : unnamed location in the Futa Jaldon foothills 581 m

      Natural resources fish, phosphates, iron ore

      Land use
      arable land : 12%
      permanent crops: 0%
      permanent pastures: 16%
      forests and woodland: 54%
      other: 18% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land 710 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts

      Environment - current issues wildlife populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing;soil erosion; desertification; overfishing

      Environment - international agreements
      party to : Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, HazardousWastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, OzoneLayer Protection, Wetlands
      signed, but not ratified: Marine Dumping

      Geography - note The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal

      NOTE: The information regarding Senegal 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 Senegal Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Senegal Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.

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