Geography Of Cameroon

Location	Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
Geographic coordinates	6 00 N, 12 00 E
Map references	africa
Area	total: 475,440 sq km water: 6,000 sq km land: 469,440 sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than California
Land boundaries	total: 4,591 km border countries: Central African Republic 797 km, Chad 1,094 km, Republic of the Congo 523 km, Equatorial Guinea 189 km, Gabon 298 km, Nigeria 1,690 km
Coastline	402 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 50 nm
Climate	varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north
Terrain	diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Fako (on Mount Cameroon) 4,095 m
Natural resources	petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 12.81% permanent crops: 2.58% other: 84.61% (2001)
Irrigated land	330 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes
Environment - current issues	water-borne diseases are prevalent; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; poaching; overfishing
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa; throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano

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