חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal |
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Geographic coordinates: |
12 00 N, 15 00 W |
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Map references: |
Africa |
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Area: |
total: 36,120 sq km
land: 28,000 sq km water: 8,120 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km |
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Coastline: |
350 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
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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 |
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Terrain: |
mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m |
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Natural resources: |
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum |
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Land use: |
arable land: 10.67%
permanent crops: 8.82% other: 80.51% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
170 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires |
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Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying further inland |
More about Guinea-Bissau:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
12 00 N, 15 00 W |
|
Map references: |
Africa |
|
Area: |
total: 36,120 sq km
land: 28,000 sq km water: 8,120 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut |
|
Land boundaries: |
total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km |
|
Coastline: |
350 km |
|
Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
|
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 |
|
Terrain: |
mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m |
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Natural resources: |
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum |
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Land use: |
arable land: 10.67%
permanent crops: 8.82% other: 80.51% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
170 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires |
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Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing |
|
Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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Geography - note: |
this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying further inland |
More about Guinea-Bissau: