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    French Guiana Geography - 2002
    https://greekorthodoxchurch.org/wfb2002/french_guiana/french_guiana_geography.html
    SOURCE: 2002 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      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
      exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
      territorial sea: 12 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), cinnabar, kaolin, fish

      Land use
      arable land: NEGL
      permanent crops: 0%
      other: 100% (90% forest, 10% other) (1998 est.)

      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

      NOTE: The information regarding French Guiana on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of French Guiana Geography 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about French Guiana Geography 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.

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