page_title: Geography of Guinea-Bissau
section_title: Information from the CIA World Factbook
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of Guinea-Bissau / Information from the CIA World Factbook
caption_attribution_description: Português: Praia de Ofir, Bolama, Guiné-Bissau
context_page_description: The geography of Guinea-Bissau is that of low coastal plains bordering the Atlantic Ocean. The country borders Senegal in the north and Guinea in the southeast.
context_section_description: Location
  Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
  Geographic coordinates
  12°00′N 15°00′W
  Map references
  Area
  Total: 36,125 km²
  Land: 28,120 km²
  Water: 8,005 km²
  Area—comparative
  Slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
  Land boundaries
  Total
  762 km
  Border countries: Guinea 421 km, Senegal 341 km
  Coastline
  350 km
  Maritime claims
  Territorial sea
  12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi)
  Exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)
  Terrain
  Mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
  Elevation extremes
  Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
  Highest point: Unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m
  Natural resources
  Fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum
  Land use
  Arable land: 10.67%
  Permanent crops: 8.89%
  Other: 80.44% (2012 est.)
  Irrigated land
  223.6 km² (2003)
  Total renewable water resources
  31 km³
  Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)
  Total: 0.18 km³/yr (18%/6%/76%)
  Per capita: 135.7 m³/yr (2005)
  Natural hazards
  Hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires
  Environment—current issues
  Deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
  Environment—international agreements
  Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
  Signed, but not ratified: None of the selected agreements
caption: Praia de Ofir, Bijagós Islands, Guinea-Bissau
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