| Location: |
Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname |
| Geographic coordinates: |
4 00 N, 53 00 W |
| Map references: |
South America |
| Area: |
total: 91,000 sq km
water: 1,850 sq km
land: 89,150 sq km |
| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Indiana |
| Land boundaries: |
total: 1,183 km
border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km |
| Coastline: |
378 km |
| Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: |
tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation |
| Terrain: |
low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains |
| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m |
| Natural resources: |
bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish, niobium, tantalum, clay |
| Land use: |
arable land: 0.14%
permanent crops: 0.05%
other: 99.81% (90% forest, 10% other) (2001) |
| Irrigated land: |
20 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: |
high frequency of heavy showers and severe thunderstorms; flooding |
| Environment - current issues: |
NA |
| Geography - note: |
mostly an unsettled wilderness; the only non-independent portion of the South American continent |
