Location:
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
Geographic coordinates:
2 00 N, 10 00 E
Map references:
Africa
Area: Area - comparative: Land boundaries: Coastline: Maritime claims: Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes: Natural resources: Land use: Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements: Geography - note:
total: 28,051 sq km
country comparison to the world: 145
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land:
28,051 sq km
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water:
0 sq km
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slightly smaller than Maryland
total: 539 km
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border countries:
Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km
296 km
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
tropical; always hot, humid
coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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highest point:
Pico Basile 3,008 m
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petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay
arable land: 4.63%
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permanent crops:
3.57%
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other:
91.8% (2005)
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NA
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
26 cu km (2001)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
total: 0.11 cu km/yr (83%/16%/1%)
[see also: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total country ranks ]
per capita:
220 cu m/yr (2000)
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violent windstorms; flash floods
volcanism:
Santa Isabel (elev. 3,007 m, 9,865 ft), which last erupted in 1923, is the country's only historically active volcano; Santa Isabel, along with two dormant volcanoes, forms Bioko Island in the Gulf of Guinea
tap water is not potable; deforestation
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
insular and continental regions widely separated