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| Location | Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria |
| Geographic coordinates | 6 00 N, 12 00 E |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 475,440 sq km water: 6,000 sq km land: 469,440 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly larger than California |
| Land boundaries |
total: 4,591 km border countries: central african republic 797 km, chad 1,094 km, republic of the congo 523 km, equatorial guinea 189 km, gabon 298 km, nigeria 1,690 km |
| Coastline | 402 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 50 nm |
| Climate | varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north |
| Terrain | diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: atlantic ocean 0 m highest point: fako (on mount cameroon) 4,095 m |
| Natural resources | petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower |
| Land use |
arable land: 12.81% permanent crops: 2.58% other: 84.61% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 330 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes |
| Environment - current issues | water-borne diseases are prevalent; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; poaching; overfishing |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, tropical timber 83, tropical timber 94 signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | sometimes referred to as the hinge of Africa; throughout the country there are areas of thermal springs and indications of current or prior volcanic activity; Mount Cameroon, the highest mountain in Sub-Saharan west Africa, is an active volcano |
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