Senegal: Geography#
| Location | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 14 00 N, 14 00 W 14.0,-14.0 |
| Area | total: 196,722 sq km land: 192,530 sq km water: 4,192 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: Factbook: 196722 DBpedia: 196723 Geoname: 196190 Infoplease: 196190 Britannica: 196722 Wolfram: 196722 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| 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 |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed elevation southwest of Kedougou 581 m |
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| Terrain | generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast |
| Natural Hazards | lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts |
| Natural Resource | fish, phosphates, iron ore |
| Land Use | arable land: 19.57% permanent crops: 0.28% other: 80.15% (2011) |
| Climate | tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind |
| Irrigated Land | 1,197 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 38.8 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | 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 |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Dakar; Thies; Kaolack; Mbour; Saint-Louis According to Geonames: Dakar; Grand Dakar; Pikine; Touba; Thiès Nones Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | westernmost country on the African continent; The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal |