Suriname: Geography#
| Location | Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 4 00 N, 56 00 W 4.0,-56.0 |
| Area | total: 163,820 sq km land: 156,000 sq km water: 7,820 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 163820 DBpedia: 163819 Geoname: 163270 Infoplease: 163270 Britannica: 163820 Wolfram: 163820 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 1,703 km border countries: Brazil 593 km, French Guiana 510 km, Guyana 600 km |
| Coastline | 386 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m highest point: Juliana Top 1,230 m |
| Highest Mountains | As there is no entry in Wolfram we are listing mountain list of Geonames only: According to Geonames: Juliana Top 1280 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Terrain | mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps |
| Natural Hazards | NA |
| Natural Resource | timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore |
| Land Use | arable land: 0.36% permanent crops: 0.04% other: 99.6% (2011) |
| Climate | tropical; moderated by trade winds |
| Irrigated Land | 511.8 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 122 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | deforestation as timber is cut for export; pollution of inland waterways by small-scale mining activities |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Paramaribo; Lelydorp; Nieuw Nickerie ; Moengo ; Meerzorg According to Geonames: Paramaribo; Lelydorp; Brokopondo; Nieuw Nickerie; Moengo Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | smallest independent country on South American continent; mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development; relatively small population, mostly along the coast |