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Geography and Environment of Equatorial Guinea
Terrain, climate, natural resources, hazards, and environmental conditions of Equatorial Guinea.
Detailed geography
Physical Features
- Terrain
- coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic
- Climate
- tropical; always hot, humid
- Weather Patterns
- http://voap.weather.com/weather/oap/EKXX0003?template=TRVLH&par=1003114983&unit=0&key=5b85ae1d85877a1b34827fba743e2133
- Highest Point
- 3008 — Pico Basile 3,008 m
- Lowest Point
- Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Borders and Area
- Area (Comparative)
- slightly smaller than Maryland
- Border Countries
- Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km
Natural Resources and Hazards
- Natural Resources
- oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium, titanium, iron ore
- Natural Hazards
- violent windstorms, flash floods
Environment and Land Use
- Current Environmental Issues
- tap water is not potable; deforestation
- International Agreements
- Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements