Geography of Suriname
Suriname is located in the northern part of South America and is part of Caribbean South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana. It is mostly covered by tropical rainforest, containing a great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, are increasingly threatened by new development. There is a relatively small population, most of which live along the coast.

Location

Geographic coordinates: 

Continent:
South America

Area
Total:

Land:

Water:

Area - comparative:
See order of magnitude 1 E+11 m². Slightly larger than the US state of Georgia.

Land boundaries

Total:

Border countries:
Brazil - 
French Guiana - 
Guyana - 

Coastline:

Maritime claims
Exclusive economic zone:
 and 

Territorial sea:

Climate and terrain

Terrain
Most of the country is made up of rolling hills, but there is a narrow coastal plain that has swampy terrain.

Elevation extremes

Lowest point: Unnamed location in the coastal plain -  below Sea Level.
Highest point: Juliana Top -

Natural resources
Timber, hydropower, fish, forests, hydroelectric potential, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite and gold. Small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum and iron ore. It also has sizeable oil.

Water
The country has one large reservoir, the Brokopondo Reservoir. Several rivers run through it, including the Suriname River, Nickerie River and Maroni or Marowijne River.

Land use
(2005 Estimates)

Arable land:
0.36%
Permanent crops:
0.06%
Other:
99.58%

Irrigated land
 (2003)

Natural hazards
Tropical Showers, no hurricanes.

Environment

Current issues
Deforestation is a real problem as timber is cut for export. There is also a lot of pollution of inland waterways by small-scale mining activities.

International agreements
Suriname has agreed to the following agreements:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling

Extreme points 

 Northernmost point – Oostelijke Polders
 Southernmost point – Border with Brazil Coeroeni
 Westernmost point – Border with Guyana, Sipaliwini District
 Easternmost point – Border with French Guiana, Sipaliwini District
 Highest point – Julianatop: 1,230 m
 Lowest point – unnamed location on the coastal plain: -2 m

External links
"Guyana, or, the Kingdom of the Amazons" is a map from the 1600s of what is now known as Suriname