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**République Gabonaise**

Continent	Africa
Geographic coordinates	1°00′S 11°45′E / 1°S 11.75°E / -1; 11.75
Area - Total - % water	Ranked 74th 267,667 km² 3.7 % (10,000 km²)
Coastline	885 km
Highest point	Mont Bengoué, 1070m at 00°57′21″N 13°41′09″E / 0.95583°N 13.68583°E / 0.95583; 13.68583
Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
Longest river	Ogooué River
Largest inland body of water	??
Land Use - Arable land - Permanent crops - Permanent pastures - Forests and woodlands - Other	1 % 1 % 18 % 77 % 3 % (1993 est.)
Climate:	Tropical
Natural resources	Petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
Environmental issues	deforestation, poaching

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

[edit] Borders

Gabon has a total of 2,551 km of international boundaries. It borders Equatorial Guinea (350 km) and Cameroon (298 km) to the north and the Republic of the Congo (1,903 km) to the west and south. Gabon lies on the equator.

Maritime claims

Contiguous zone: 24 nmi (44.4 km; 27.6 mi)
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)
Territorial sea: 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi)

[edit] Climate

Gabon has the moist, hot climate typical of tropical regions. The hottest month is January, with an average high at Libreville of 31°C and an average low of 23°C. Average July temperatures in the capital range between 20° and 28°C. From June to September there is virtually no rain but high humidity; there is occasional rain in December and January. During the remaining months, rainfall is heavy. The excessive rainfall is caused by the condensation of moist air resulting from the meeting, directly off the coast, of the cold Benguela Current from the south and the warm Guinea Current from the north. At Libreville, the average annual rainfall is more than 2,540 mm (100 in). Farther north on the coast, it is 3,810 mm (150 in).

[edit] Terrain

Narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south

Irrigated land: 40 km² (1993 est.)

[edit] 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, International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling

Signed, but not ratified: None of the selected agreements

[edit] Other

Natural hazards: NA

Topography of Gabon

Contents

[edit] Borders

[edit] Climate

[edit] Terrain

[edit] Environment

[edit] Other