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- <text id=94CT0483><title>French Guiana—Geography</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: French Guiana<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Northern South America, bordering on the North Atlantic Ocean between Suriname and Brazil
- <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 91,000 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 89,150 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly smaller than Indiana
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- <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 1,183 km, Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 378 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive economic zone:</hi> 200 nm
- <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 12 nm
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- <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> Suriname claims area between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa)
- <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation
- <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains
- <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), cinnabar, kaolin, fish
- <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 82%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 18%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
- <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> NA
- <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
- <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA
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- <item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> mostly an unsettled wilderness
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