Geography Of Gabon

Location	Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea
Geographic coordinates	1 00 S, 11 45 E
Map references	africa
Area	total: 267,667 sq km water: 10,000 sq km land: 257,667 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Colorado
Land boundaries	total: 2,551 km border countries: Cameroon 298 km, Republic of the Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km
Coastline	885 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical; always hot, humid
Terrain	narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Iboundji 1,575 m
Natural resources	petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 1.26% permanent crops: 0.66% other: 98.08% (2001)
Irrigated land	150 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	NA
Environment - current issues	deforestation; poaching
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	a small population and oil and mineral reserves have helped Gabon become one of Africa's wealthier countries; in general, these circumstances have allowed the country to maintain and conserve its pristine rain forest and rich biodiversity

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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