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Geography of French Guiana. File links The following pages link to this file: French Guiana Geography of French Guiana Categories: Images with unknown source ...
Location Northern South America and part of Caribbean South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Brazil and Suriname South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
Caribbean South America is a region of South America consisting of the South American nations that border the Caribbean Sea; namely: Colombia Venezuela Due to the regions closeness to the equator, its climate is very tropical. ...
4°00′ N 53°00′ W
Map references South America
Area total: 91,000 km²
land: 89,150 km²
water: 1,850 km²
Land boundaries: total: 1,183 km
border countries: Brazil 673 km, Suriname 510 km (disputed)
Coastline: 378 km
Maritime claims exclusive economic zone: 370 km
territorial sea: 12 nautical miles (22 km) A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μÎÏ„Ïο (metro) = count/measure). ...
Climate tropical; hot, humid; little seasonal temperature variation
Terrain low-lying coastal plains rising to hills and small mountains, see guiana Guiana (also known as the Guiana highlands or the Guiana shield) forms a portion of the northern coast of South America. ...
Elevation extremes lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Bellevue de l'Inini 851 m
Bellevue de lInini is the highest peak in French Guyana. ...
Natural resources bauxite, timber, gold (widely scattered), cinnabar, kaolin, fish Bauxite Bauxite is a naturally occurring, heterogeneous material composed primarily of one or more aluminium hydroxide minerals, plus various mixtures of silica, iron oxide, titania, aluminium silicates, and other impurities in minor or trace amounts. ...
Timber Timber is a term used to describe poo bum holes that has been processed for use —from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use —such as structural material for construction or wood pulp for paper production. ...
General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ...
Cinnabar (German Zinnober), sometimes written cinnabarite, is a name applied to red mercury(II) sulfide (HgS), or native vermilion, the common ore of mercury. ...
Kaolin Kaolinite (Aluminium Silicate Hydroxide) Kaolinite is a mineral with the chemical composition Al2Si2O5(OH)4. ...
Groups Conodonta Hyperoartia Petromyzontidae (lampreys) Pteraspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Thelodonti Anaspida Cephalaspidomorphi (early jawless fish) Galeaspida Pituriaspida Osteostraci Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) Placodermi Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) Acanthodii Osteichthyes (bony fish) Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) Actinistia (coelacanths) Dipnoi (lungfish) A fish is a poikilothermic (cold-blooded) water-dwelling...
Land use arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 0%
forests and woodland: 90%
other: 10% (1996 est.)
irrigated land: 20 km² (1993 est.)
natural hazards: high frequency of heavy showers and severe thunderstorms; flooding
environment - current issues: NA
geography - note: mostly an unsettled wilderness
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