Map of the Gambia Location of the Gambia (in circle) Enlargeable, detailed map of the Gambia Satellite image of The Gambia The Gambia African country with the border based on theGambia River . The country is less than 48 kilometres (30 mi) wide at its greatest width. The country's present boundaries were defined in 1889 after an agreement between the United Kingdom and France. It is often claimed by Gambians that the distance of the borders from the Gambia River corresponds to the area that British naval cannon of the time could reach from the river's channel. However, there is no historical evidence to support the story, and the border was actually delineated using careful surveying methods by the Franco-British boundary commission.[ 1] [ 2] enclave ofSenegal and is thesmallest country on mainland Africa.
The grassy flood plain of the Gambia river containsGuinean mangroves near the coast, and becomesWest Sudanian savanna upriver inland.
Location: Western Africa, bordering the NorthAtlantic Ocean andSenegal
Geographic coordinates :13°28′N 16°34′W / 13.467°N 16.567°W /13.467; -16.567
Area: total: 11,295 km2 land: 10,000 km2 water: 1,295 km2
comparative: slightly less thanJamaica ; slightly less than twice the size ofDelaware Land boundaries: total: 749 kmborder countries: Senegal 749 km
Coastline: 80 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi)contiguous zone: 18 nmi (33.3 km; 20.7 mi)exclusive fishing zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)continental shelf: extent not specifiedKöppen–Geiger climate classification map at 1-km resolution for the Gambia (1991–2020) Climate: tropical; hot, rainy season (June to November); cooler, dry season (November to May)
Terrain: floodplain of theGambia River , flanked by low hills
Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: fish, clay, silica sand, titanium (rutile andilmenite ),tin ,zircon
Land use: arable land: 43.48%permanent crops: 0.49%other: 56.03% (2011)
Irrigated land: 50 km2 (2011)Total renewable water resources: 8 km3 (2011)Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 0.09 km3 /yr (41%/21%/39%)per capita: 65.77 m3 /yr (2005)Current issues: deforestation ,desertification , prevalence of water-borne diseases, drought (rainfall has dropped by 30% in the last 30 years)
Environment - party to international agreements on:
biodiversity ,climate change ,Kyoto Protocol , desertification,endangered species , hazardous wastes,law of the sea ,ozone layer protection, ship pollution,wetland ,whaling This is a list of the extreme points of the Gambia, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
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^ Donald R. Wright (2004).The World and a Very Small Place: A History of Globalization in Niumi, The Gambia (New York: M.E. Sharp) p. 151–152. ^ Craig Emms and Linda Barnett (2001).Bradt Travel Guide for The Gambia (Chalford, UK: Bradt Travel Guides). ^ Global Environment Facility ,United Nations Environment Programme (eds.):The Gambia’s Second National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [permanent dead link ^ The World Factbook :The Gambia Geography andmap .^ On a 1966 map, two points close toJah Kunda andNyamanari are indicated with 174 feet, thus 53 m. Source: West Africa, Joint Operations Graphic 1:250,000:map ND 28-11 Tambacounda, Senegal (11MB). U.S.National Imagery and Mapping Agency . Map data from 1966. ^ "Gambia High Point" .peakbagger.com .^ Malanding S. Jaiteh, Baboucarr Sarr:Climate Change and Development in the Gambia: Challenges to Ecosystem Goods and Services
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