Geography Of Gabon

Location:

Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea

Geographic coordinates:

Map references:

Africa

Area:

• Total: 267,667 km²

• Land: 257,667 km²

• Water: 10,000 km²

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:

• Contiguous zone: 24 nm

• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

• Territorial sea: 12 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%

• Permanent crops: 1%

• Permanent pastures: 18%

• Forests and woodland: 77%

• Other: 3% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:

40 km² (1993 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, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands

• Signed, but not ratified: None of the selected agreements

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