Geography/Environment

a. Area (land) 96,320 sq km

(per capita) 0.02 sq km per person

b. Area (total) 111,370 sq km

(per capita) 0.03 sq km per person

c. Area (water) 15,050 sq km

(per capita) 0.00 sq km per person

d. Climate Tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and

cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers.

e. Coastline 579 km

(per capita) 0.17 km per 1000 people

e. Elevation Extremes Mount Wuteve 1,380 m

(Highest point)

f. Elevation Extremes Atlantic Ocean 0 m

(Lowest point)

g. Forested Land 31.3% (2000)

j. Terrain note Facing the Atlantic Ocean, the coastline is

characterized by lagoons, mangrove swamps, and river-deposited sandbars; the inland gassy plateau supports limited agriculture.

k. Irrigated land 30 sq km (1998 est.)

(per capita)

l. Land boundaries 1,585 km (Total)

(per capita) 0.47 km per 1000 people

3. Environment

a. Acidification: 0.00% (1990).

b. Current Issues: Tropical rain forest deforestation; soil erosion; loss

of biodiversity; pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage.

c. Endangered

Species protection: 44.40% (2000)

d. Known breeding 146

bird species

e. Known mammal 193

species:

f. Marine areas 1

under protection

g. Marine fish catch 10861.00 tons (1999)

h. Wildness 8.96% (mid 1990)