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Suriname
Last reviewed: 4 July 2008

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GEOGRAPHY

• Suriname is located in northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana.
• The terrain varies from a narrow coastal plain with swamps to savannah to rolling hills and includes large areas of tropical rainforest. There is a great diversity of flora and fauna.
• The climate is tropical and moderated by trade winds.
• Much of the coastal belt in low-lying and prone to flooding.

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