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The lowest point on Guinea-Bissau is at sea level at the Atlantic Ocean. [1] The highest point in Guinea-Bissau is Dongol Ronde with an elevation of 277 m (909 ft). [1] The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa authored in 1992 cites Fouta Djallon at 262 m (860 ft) as the highest. [3] Natural resources found in Guinea-Bissau include ...
Mining in Guinea-Bissau is limited to small-scale production of construction materials, such as clays, granite, limestone, and sand and gravel. [1] The country's prospective minerals include bauxite , diamond , gold , heavy minerals , petroleum , and phosphate rock .
The geology of Guinea-Bissau is oldest in the east and becomes younger toward the west, with sediments from the past 66 million years nearer the coast. Some rock units in the northeast are as much as 680 million years old and throughout the geologic past Guinea-Bissau was influenced by the Mauritanide Belt orogeny and was submerged or partially submerged as a marine shelf or river delta for ...
The protected areas of Guinea-Bissau include national parks, natural parks, faunal reserves, forest reserves, natural monuments, and marine protected areas. [1]
The Cacheu River Mangroves Natural Park (Portuguese: Parque Natural dos Tarrafes do Rio Cacheu) is a national park [2] situated on the Cacheu River in Guinea-Bissau. It was established on 1 December 2000. This site is 886 km 2. [3] The park has been designated as a Ramsar site since 2015. [1]
The tropical marine environment of Guinea-Bissau has a high diversity of sea life, notably in and around the Bijagós Archipelago.Fishes include the African butter catfish, Malapterurus occidentalis, Parablennius sierraensis (combtooth blenny), five Synodontis catfish species including annectens, ansorgii, nigrita, schall and waterloti, the three-banded butterflyfish and Trachinus pellegrini.
This is a list of rivers in Guinea-Bissau. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Guinea-Bissau is in the Afrotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome. Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands.