Cameroon: Geography#
| Location | Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 6 00 N, 12 00 E 6.0,12.0 |
| Area | total: 475,440 sq km land: 472,710 sq km water: 2,730 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 475440 DBpedia: 475442 Geoname: 475440 Infoplease: 475440 Britannica: 476350 Wolfram: 475440 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 5,018 km border countries: Central African Republic 901 km, Chad 1,116 km, Republic of the Congo 494 km, Equatorial Guinea 183 km, Gabon 349 km, Nigeria 1,975 km |
| Coastline | 402 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Fako 4,095 m (on Mt. Cameroon) |
| Highest Mountains | According to Wolfram: Cameroon Mountain 4070 m According to Geonames:Cameroon Mountain 4040 m; Mont Mekoua 2703 m; Neshele 2621 m; Chappal Waddi 2419 m; Lekwé Khi 2271 m List verified partially Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Mountains |
| Terrain | diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north |
| Natural Hazards | volcanic activity with periodic releases of poisonous gases from Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun volcanoes volcanism: Mt. Cameroon (elev. 4,095 m), which last erupted in 2000, is the most frequently active volcano in West Africa; lakes in Oku volcanic field have released fatal levels of gas on occasion, killing some 1,700 people in 1986 |
| Natural Resource | petroleum, bauxite, iron ore, timber, hydropower |
| Land Use | arable land: 13.04% permanent crops: 2.94% other: 84.01% (2011) |
| Climate | varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north |
| Irrigated Land | 256.5 sq km (2003) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 285.5 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | waterborne 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, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Douala; Yaounde; Garoua; Kousseri; Bamenda [Verified] Important Cities |
| 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 |