Senegal

Location	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Geographic coordinates	14 00 N, 14 00 W
Map references	Africa
Area	total: 196,722 sq km land: 192,530 sq km water: 4,192 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	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	tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; 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 elevation southwest of Kedougou 581 m
Natural resources	fish, phosphates, iron ore
Land use	arable land: 12.51% permanent crops: 0.24% other: 87.25% (2005)
Irrigated land	1,200 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	39.4 cu km (1987)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 2.22 cu km/yr (4%/3%/93%) per capita: 190 cu m/yr (2002)
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, 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	westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal