_#Note: defense is the responsibility of France % @Mauritania *Geography #_Total area: 1,030,700 km2; land area: 1,030,400 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico
_#_Land boundaries: 5,074 km total; Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km
_#_Coastline: 754 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or 200 nm;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Disputes: boundary with Senegal
_#_Climate: desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty