• Source: Geography of Gabon

Gabon is a country in Central Africa, lying along the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Bight of Biafra.




Area and borders


Area

Total: 267,668 km²
country rank in the world: 76th/77th
Land: 257,670 km²
Water: 10,000 km²
Area comparative

Australia comparative: approximately ⁠1/6⁠ larger than Victoria
Canada comparative: approximately ⁠2/3⁠ the size of Newfoundland and Labrador
United Kingdom comparative: approximately ⁠1/10⁠ larger than the United Kingdom
United States comparative: slightly smaller than Colorado
EU comparative: approximately ⁠1/10⁠ smaller than Italy
Gabon has a total of 3,261 km of international boundaries. It borders Equatorial Guinea (335 km) and Cameroon (349 km) to the north and the Republic of the Congo (2,567 km) to the east and south. Gabon lies on the equator.

Maritime claims

Territorial sea: 12 nmi (22 km)
Contiguous zone: 24 nmi (44 km)
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370 km)




Terrain



Narrow coastal plain with patches of Central African mangroves; hilly interior; savanna in east and south. A recent global remote sensing analysis suggested that there were 420 km2 of tidal flats in Gabon, making it the 50th ranked country in terms of tidal flat area.

Irrigated land: 44.5 km2 (2003)
Total renewable water resources: 164 km3 (2011)




Environment


International agreements:
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling




Climate


The equatorial location of Gabon means that it has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) and a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw), with the temperature being hot year-round and humid, although the Benguela Current can moderate temperatures.




Extreme points


Northernmost point - unnamed location on the border with Cameroon on the Ntem River, Woleu-Ntem province
Easternmost point - the unnamed location on the border with the Republic of Congo immediately south-west of the Congolese village of Mbeyi-Mbola, Haut-Ogooué province
Southernmost point - the point at which the border with the Republic of Congo enters the Atlantic Ocean, Nyanga Province
Westernmost point - the north-west point of Cape Lopez, Ogooué Maritime province




See also


Bam Bam Amphitheaters




References



This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.




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