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<text id=94CT0502><title>Gabon—Geography</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Gabon<nl>Geography</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator between the Congo and Equatorial Guinea <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 267,670 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 257,670 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly smaller than Colorado </list> <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 2,551 km, Cameroon 298 km, Congo 1,903 km, Equatorial Guinea 350 km <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 885 km <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>contiguous zone:</hi> 24 nm <item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive economic zone:</hi> 200 nm <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 12 nm </list> <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial Guinea because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; always hot, humid <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> petroleum, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 1% <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 1% <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 18% <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 78% <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 2% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> deforestation; poaching <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea </list></list></body></article></text>