| Geography | Senegal |
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Location:
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Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania |
Geographic coordinates:
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14 00 N, 14 00 W |
Map references:
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Africa |
Area:
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total: 196,190 sq km
land: 192,000 sq km
water: 4,190 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than South Dakota |
Land boundaries:
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total: 2,640 km
border countries: The Gambia 740 km, Guinea 330 km, Guinea-Bissau 338 km, Mali 419 km, Mauritania 813 km |
Coastline:
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531 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
Climate:
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tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind |
Terrain:
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generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed feature near Nepen Diakha 581 m |
Natural resources:
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fish, phosphates, iron ore |
Land use:
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arable land: 12.51%
permanent crops: 0.24%
other: 87.25% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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1,200 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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39.4 cu km (1987) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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2,874 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 2.22 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%)
Per capita: 190 cu m/yr (2002) |
Natural hazards:
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lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts |
Environment - current issues:
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wildlife populations threatened by poaching; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; overfishing |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal |
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