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<text>
<title>
French Guiana (FR): Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: French Guiana
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: northern South America, bordering on the North
Atlantic Ocean between Suriname and Brazil
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 91,000 km2</l>
<l> land area: 89,150 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Indiana</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,183 km, Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510
km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 378 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: Suriname claims area between Riviere
Litani and Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa)
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature
variation
</p>
<p>Terrain: low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small
mountains
</p>
<p>Natural resources: bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered),
cinnabar, kaolin, fish
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 82%</l>
<l> other: 18%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: mostly an unsettled wilderness
</p></body></article></text>