Editing Geography of Senegal (section)

== CIA World Factbook ==
; Area:
:* Total: 196,712 km²
:**''country rank in the world:'' 86th
:* Land: 192,530 km²
:* Water: 4,180 km²

; Area comparative
:* Australia comparative: approximately {{sfrac|6|7}} the size of [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
:* Canada comparative: approximately 2{{sfrac|3|4}} times the size of [[New Brunswick]]
:* United Kingdom comparative: approximately {{sfrac|4|5}} the size of the United Kingdom
:* United States comparative: slightly smaller than [[South Dakota]]
:* [[European Union|EU]] comparative: approximately 1{{sfrac|1|2}} times the size of [[Greece]]
'''Terrain:'''
generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in the southeast.

'''Natural resources:'''
[[fish]], [[phosphates]], [[iron ore]]

'''Land use:'''
<br>''arable land:''
19.57%
<br>''permanent crops:''
0.28%
<br>''other:''
80.15% (2011)

'''Irrigated land:'''
1,197&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (2003)

'''Total renewable water resources:'''
38.8&nbsp;km<sup>3</sup>

'''Natural hazards:'''
lowlands seasonally flooded; periodic droughts

'''Environment — current issues:'''
wildlife populations threatened by [[poaching]]; [[deforestation]]; [[overgrazing]]; [[soil erosion]]; [[desertification]]; overfishing

Senegal is a party to several environmental treaties:
*[[Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty]]
*[[Convention on Biological Diversity]]
*[[Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas]]
*[[Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna]]
*[[International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling]]
*[[Montreal Protocol]]
*[[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change]]
*[[United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification]]
*[[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]]
*[[Ramsar Convention]]
*[[Ship Pollution|1978 Convention on Ship Pollution]]

Senegal has signed, but not ratified, the [[Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter|Convention on Marine Dumping]].