Editing French Equatorial Africa (section)

==Geography==
Accounting for a little less than an eighth of Africa,<ref name=:3>Sandford, K. S. (194[6). [https://doi.org/10.2307/1789759 The Geology of French Equatorial Africa: Review (Review of ''Esquisse Géologique de L’afrique Équatoriale Française. Notice explicative de la carte géologique provisoire de l’A. E. F. au 1/3,500,000'' by P. Legoux & V. Hourcq)] ''The Geographical Journal'', ''107''(3/4), 144–149. doi:10.2307/1789759</ref> across modern day [[Central African Republic]], [[Chad|Republic of Chad]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Gabon|Republic of Gabon]],<ref>Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (1999, February 15). [https://www.britannica.com/place/French-Equatorial-Africa French Equatorial Africa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619102627/https://www.britannica.com/place/French-Equatorial-Africa |date=19 June 2022 }} ''Encyclopedia Britannica''.</ref> and most of [[Cameroon]],<ref>[https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095835211 French Equatorial Africa] ''Oxford Reference.'' Retrieved 20 Apr. 2022</ref> the greater part of French Equatorial Africa extended over a [[granite]] [[plateau]], framed by the [[Tibesti Mountains|Tibesti]], [[Ouaddaï highlands|Ouadaï]], and [[Dār Fertit|Fertit]] massifs to the northeast, [[Darfur]] to the east and the [[Crystal Mountains (Africa)|Crystal mountains]] and [[Mayombe]] in the southwest. Two [[Depression (geology)|basins]] occupied the central and southern parts of the territory: the [[Chad Basin|basin of Chad]], a former inland sea of which [[Lake Chad]] is a remnant, and the [[Congo Basin|basin of Congo]], traversed by the river of the same name and its main tributaries ([[Ubangi river|Oubangui River]], [[Sangha River]], and [[Alima|Alima River]]). A coastal plain stretched from mainland [[Spanish Guinea]] (now [[Equatorial Guinea]]) to the [[Congo River]]. The highest point in French Equatorial Africa was [[Emi Koussi|Mount Emi Koussi]] (3,415 meters) in [[Tibesti Region|Tibesti]].<ref name=:3/>

Due to the very size of the territory, the [[climate]] varied extremely from one point to another, going from a particularly arid [[Desert climate|Saharan climate]] in the north to a humid [[tropical climate]] in the southern part. The [[vegetation]] was affected by these differences: in the north, the virtual absence of rain made it nearly impossible for vegetation to develop, apart from a few thorny shrubs;<ref name=":2">Gardinier, D. (1958). [http://www.jstor.org/stable/45309985 French Equatorial Africa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220050608/https://www.jstor.org/stable/45309985 |date=20 February 2023 }} ''Current History'', ''34''(198), 105–110.</ref> in the center lay the domain of the [[savanna|savannahs]], where [[millet]], [[peanut|peanuts]] and [[cassava]] were grown; finally to the south were the humid [[tropical forest|tropical forests]], from which various species such as [[ebony]] and [[Aucoumea klaineana|okoumé]] were taken. In the coastal regions, [[vanilla]], [[cocoa bean|cocoa]] and [[coffea|coffee trees]] were grown.<ref>« L'Afrique équatoriale française », dans ''La Géographie par l'image et la carte'', Librairie générale, 1927, {{p.|242-243}}.</ref> 

French Equatorial Africa was bounded by [[Colonial Nigeria|British Nigeria]], [[French West Africa]], [[Italian Libya]], [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]] and the [[Belgian Congo]]. To the west, it bordered the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>« La France d'Outre-Mer », dans ''Memento Larousse'', 1946, {{p.|408}} et 415.</ref>

'''Territories''':
*[[French Chad]]
*[[Ubangi-Shari]]
*[[French Congo]]
*[[French Gabon]]