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The Land 11

A child searches for gold in a river near Brokopondo. Suriname has untapped resources of gold and other minerals. However, environmental pollution has resulted from mining and industry in the country.

marshes and mangrove swamps. There are few sandy beaches along Suriname’s Atlantic shores. Inland from the Atlantic coastline lies a low flat area called the New Coastal Plain. The New Coastal Plain includes approximately 6,600 square miles (17,000 sq km) of land. Almost all of this land is swampland.