thumb|300px|Gabon map of Köppen climate classification.
Gabon is a country in Central Africa, lying along the Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Bight of Biafra.
Borders
Gabon has a total of 3,261 km of international boundaries.
It borders Equatorial Guinea (335 km) and Cameroon (349 km) to the north and the Republic of the Congo (2,567 km) to the east and south.
Gabon lies on the equator.
; Maritime claims:
Territorial sea:
Contiguous zone:
Exclusive economic zone:
Terrain
Narrow coastal plain with patches of Central African mangroves; hilly interior; savanna in east and south.
A recent global remote sensing analysis suggested that there were 420km² of tidal flats in Gabon, making it the 50th ranked country in terms of tidal flat area.
Irrigated land: 44.5 km2 (2003)
Total renewable water resources: 164 km3 (2011)
Environment
International agreements:
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling Extreme points
Northernmost point - unnamed location on the border with Cameroon on the Ntem River, Woleu-Ntem province
Easternmost point - the unnamed location on the border with the Republic of Congo immediately south-west of the Congolese village of Mbeyi-Mbola, Haut-Ogooué province
Southernmost point - the point at which the border with the Republic of Congo enters the Atlantic Ocean, Nyanga Province
Westernmost point - the north-west point of Cape Lopez, Ogooué Maritime province
left|thumb|Topography of Gabon left|thumb|Gabon's cities, towns and villages See also
Bam Bam Amphitheaters
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