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This article describes the geography of Guinea-Bissau.
The terrain of Guinea-Bissau is mostly low coastal plain with swamps of Guinean mangroves rising to Guinean forest-savanna mosaic in the east.[1]
The lowest point on Guinea-Bissau is at sea level at the Atlantic Ocean.[1] The highest point on Guinea-Bissau is 300 metres above sea level at an unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country.[1]
Natural resources found in Guinea-Bissau include fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone and unexploited deposits of petroleum.[1] 8.31% of the land is arable and 250 square kilometres is irrigated.[1]
Natural hazards include a hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze that may reduce visibility during the dry season and brush fires.[1] Severe environmental issues include deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing and overfishing.[1]
Near the Senegal border there have been historic sightings of the Painted Hunting Dog, Lycaon pictus, but that endangered canid may now be extirpated in that locale.[2]
Guinea-Bissau's climate is tropical. This means it is generally hot and humid. It has a monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds and a dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds.[1]
Guinea-Bissau is warm all year around and there is little temperature fluctuation; it averages 26.3 °C (79.3 °F). The average rainfall for the capital city Bissau is 2,024 millimetres (79.7 in) although this is almost entirely accounted for during the rainy season which falls between June and September/October. From December through April, the country experiences drought.
This is a list of the extreme points of Guinea-Bissau, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
Senegal, Portugal, Togo, Portuguese language, Portuguese Empire
Serer people, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Dakar, Serer religion
Sudan, Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco
Portugal, Brazil, Ocean, Africa, Asia
Africa, Tunisia, South Africa, Lake Victoria, Asia
Guinea-Bissau, Regions of Guinea-Bissau, Politics of Guinea-Bissau, Foreign relations of Guinea-Bissau, Economy of Guinea-Bissau
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