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fiogf49gjkf0d GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
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GABON IS SITUATED ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AND COVERS AN
AREA OF 267,667 SQ.KM. IT IS BORDERED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
BY THE CONGO, CAMEROON AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA TO THE NORTH
AND THE ATLANTIC TO THE WEST.
GABON AND THE BASIN OF THE OGOOUE RIVER LIE ALMOST ON THE
SAME BOUNDARY LINE, WITH MOST OF THE BASIN BEING IN GABON.
THE WOLEU-NTEM RIVER BASIN IN THE NORTH AND THE COASTAL
PLAIN IN THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST ARE TWO SMALLER REGIONS,
SEPARATING THE OGOOUE BASIN FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THE MASSIF DU CHAILLU, IS SITUATED BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN
COASTAL PLAIN AND THE OGOOUE RIVER. THIS MASSIF RISES TO
MOUNT IBOUNDJI ITS HIGHEST PEAK AT 980M
THE COASTAL PLAINS ARE MORE OR LESS A CONTINUATION OF THE
BEAUTIFUL SANDY BEACHES OF THE CONGO, ALONG WITH THE
LAGOONS. ON NORTHERN COASTAL REGION IT TENDS TO BE WIDER
AND MORE INDENTED. THIS IS ALSO SEPARATED FROM THE OGOOUE
REGION BY UPLAND PLAINS RANGING FROM 305M TO 610M ABOVE SEA
LEVEL. THESE PLATEAUS JOIN TOGETHER AT THE MONTS DE CRYSTAL
IN THE NORTHEAST AND THEREFORE CREATE THE DIVIDE BETWEEN
THE OGOOUE BASIN AND THE WOLEU-NTEM.
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