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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Indiana
Area > Land	89,150 sq km		[2nd of 238]
Area > Total	91,000 sq km		[2nd of 250]
Area > Water	1,850 sq km		[1st of 239]
Climate tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation
Coastline	378 km		[132nd of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Forested Land	89.9%		[3rd of 193]
Geographic coordinates	4 00 N, 53 00 W
Land boundaries > Border countries Brazil 730.4 km, Suriname 510 km
Land use > Arable land	0.13%		[208th of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	0.04%		[184th of 258]
Location Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname
Map references South America
Natural hazards high frequency of heavy showers and severe thunderstorms; flooding
Natural resources bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), petroleum, kaolin, fish, niobium, tantalum, clay
Population density	1.88 people per sqkm		[226th of 256]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Bellevue de l'Inini
Terrain low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains

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