Geography of the Gambia careful surveying methods by the Franco-British boundary commission. Apart from its coastline, where the Gambia borders the Atlantic Ocean, it is an enclave of Senegal and is by far the smallest country on mainland Africa. The Gambia has a subtropical climate with distinct dry and rainy seasons. From November to mid-May there is uninterrupted dry weather, with temperatures as low as in Banjul and surrounding areas. Hot, humid weather predominates the rest of the year, with a rainy season from June to October; during this period, temperatures may rise as high as but are usually lower near the sea. Mean
Coastline of Djursland long Grenå Strand (Grenå Beach) This is a wide sandy beach with dunes. Another exception from the stony beaches of the east coast is the lime cliff coastline of Sangstrup and Karlby. Here the vertical lime cliffs reach all the way to the sea with only a short, or no, beach in between. On a daily basis the average difference between high and low tide is less than 30 centimeters in these waters sheltered from the Atlantic tides by the peninsula Jutland protruding up from Germany. But after storms that drive water in and out of the Baltic, the tidal