!!!Guinea-Bissau: Geography ||Location|Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal ||Geographic Coordinates|12 00 N, 15 00 W[{GoogleMap location='12.0,-15.0' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''36,125 sq km\\''land: ''28,120 sq km\\''water: ''8,005 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__] ||Land boundaries|''total: ''724 km\\''border countries: ''Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km ||Coastline|350 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Atlantic Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|mostly low-lying coastal plain with a deeply indented estuarine coastline rising to savanna in east; numerous off-shore islands including the Arquipelago Dos Bijagos consisting of 18 main islands and many small islets ||Natural Hazards|hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires ||Natural Resource|fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum ||Land Use|''arable land: ''8.3%\\''permanent crops: ''6.92%\\''other: ''84.78% (2011) ||Climate|tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds ||Irrigated Land|225.6 sq km (2003) ||Renewable Water Resources|31 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|Bissau; Bafata; Gabu; Bissora; Bolama\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Africa/Guinea-Bissau/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland