!!!The Gambia: Geography
||Location|Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal
||Geographic Coordinates|13 28 N, 16 34 W[{GoogleMap location='13.466666,-16.566668' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''11,295 sq km\\''land: ''10,000 sq km\\''water: ''1,295 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''749 km\\''border countries: ''Senegal 749 km
||Coastline|80 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''unnamed elevation 53 m
||Highest Mountains|
||Terrain|flood plain of the Gambia River flanked by some low hills
||Natural Hazards|drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years)
||Natural Resource|fish, clay, silica sand, titanium (rutile and ilmenite), tin, zircon
||Land Use|''arable land: ''39.82%\\''permanent crops: ''0.44%\\''other: ''59.73% (2011)
||Climate|tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry season (November to May)
||Irrigated Land|50 sq km (2011)
||Renewable Water Resources|8 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation; desertification; water-borne diseases prevalent
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|\\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Gambia,_The/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|almost an enclave of Senegal; smallest country on the continent of Africa