The Gambia less than wide at its widest point, with a total area of . About (11.5%) of the Gambia's area are covered by water. It is the smallest country on the African mainland. In comparative terms, the Gambia has a total area slightly less than that of the island of Jamaica. Senegal surrounds the Gambia on three sides, with of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean marking its western extremity. The present boundaries were defined in 1889 after an agreement between the United Kingdom and France. During the negotiations between the French and the British in Paris, the French initially gave the
Wildlife of the Gambia are common shrubs in the savanna areas of the country. "Combretum Paniculatum" may be found on the edges of the forests in the north of the country. These plants usually have red petals and the "Combretum racemosum" has red 4-part flowers, but with infloresence rimmed by white bracts. Wildlife of the Gambia Wildlife of the Gambia is dictated by several habitat zones over its total land area of about 10,000 km. It is bound in the south by the savanna and on the north by the Sudanian woodlands. The habitats host abundant indigenous plants and animals, in addition to migrant