| Geography | Suriname |
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Location:
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Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana |
Geographic coordinates:
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4 00 N, 56 00 W |
Map references:
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South America |
Area:
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total: 163,270 sq km
land: 161,470 sq km
water: 1,800 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly larger than Georgia |
Land boundaries:
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total: 1,703 km
border countries: Brazil 593 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km |
Coastline:
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386 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
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tropical; moderated by trade winds |
Terrain:
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mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m
highest point: Juliana Top 1,230 m |
Natural resources:
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timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore |
Land use:
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arable land: 0.36%
permanent crops: 0.06%
other: 99.58% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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510 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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122 cu km (2003) |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 0.67 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%)
Per capita: 1,489 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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NA |
Environment - current issues:
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deforestation as timber is cut for export; pollution of inland waterways by small-scale mining activities |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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smallest independent country on South American continent; mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development; relatively small population, mostly along the coast |
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