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Geography of Gabon
République Gabonaise

Continent	Africa
Region	Central Africa
Coordinates	1°00′N 11°45′E / 1.000°N 11.750°E / 1.000; 11.750
Area	Ranked 77th
• Total	267,667 km2 (103,347 sq mi)
• Land	96.3%
• Water	3.7%
Coastline	885 km (550 mi)
Highest point	Mont Bengoué, 1070 m (not Mont Iboundji as claimed by some authorities)
Lowest point	Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
Longest river	Ogooué River
Climate	Tropical monsoon ('Am'), Tropical savanna ('Aw'); always hot, humid
Terrain	narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south
Natural resources	Petroleum, natural gas, diamond, niobium, manganese, uranium, gold, timber, iron ore, hydropower
Environmental issues	deforestation, poaching

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.^[1]

• 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.