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Terrain [ edit ]
The grassy flood plain of the Gambia river contains Guinean mangroves near the coast, and becomes West Sudanian savanna upriver inland.
Statistics [ edit ]
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal
Geographic coordinates :13°28′N 16°34′W / 13.467°N 16.567°W / 13.467; -16.567
Area:
total: 11,295 km 2 land: 10,000 km 2 water: 1,295 km 2
comparative: slightly less than Jamaica ; slightly less than twice the size of Delaware
Land boundaries:
total: 749 km border countries: Senegal 749 km
Coastline: 80 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi )
contiguous zone: 18 nmi (33.3 km; 20.7 mi )
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi )
continental shelf: extent not specified
Climate: tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry season (November to May)
Terrain: floodplain of the Gambia River , flanked by low hills
Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: fish, clay, silica sand, titanium (rutile and ilmenite ), tin , zircon
Land use:
arable land: 43.48%
permanent crops: 0.49%
other: 56.03% (2011)
Irrigated land: 50 km 2
Total renewable water resources: 8 km 3
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 0.09 km 3 per capita: 65.77 m3
Current issues: deforestation , desertification , prevalence of water-borne diseases, drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years)
Environment - party to international agreements on:
biodiversity , climate change , Kyoto Protocol , desertification, endangered species , hazardous wastes, law of the sea , ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetland , whaling
Extreme points [ edit ]
This is a list of the extreme points of the Gambia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
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See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
public domain material from The World Factbook CIA .
^ Donald R. Wright (2004). The World and a Very Small Place: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia (New York: M.E. Sharp) p. 151–152.
^ Craig Emms and Linda Barnett (2001). Bradt Travel Guide for The Gambia (Chalford, UK: Bradt Travel Guides).
^ Global Environment Facility , United Nations Environment Programme (eds.): The Gambia’s Second National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [permanent dead link
^ The World Factbook : The Gambia Geography and map .
^ On a 1966 map, two points close to Jah Kunda and Nyamanari are indicated with 174 feet, thus 53 m. Source: West Africa, Joint Operations Graphic 1:250,000: map ND 28-11 Tambacounda, Senegal (11MB). U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency . Map data from 1966.
^ "Gambia High Point" . peakbagger.com .
^ Malanding S. Jaiteh, Baboucarr Sarr: Climate Change and Development in the Gambia: Challenges to Ecosystem Goods and Services
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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