Editing Geography of Cameroon (section)

==Data==
'''Location:'''
Central Africa, bordering the [[Bight of Biafra]], between [[Equatorial Guinea]] and [[Nigeria]]

'''Geographic coordinates:'''
{{coord|6|N|12|E|region:CM_type:country}}

'''Continent:'''
Africa

'''Area:'''
<br>''total:''
{{convert|475,440|km2|abbr=on}}
<br>''land:''
{{convert|472,710|km2|abbr=on}}
<br>''water:''
{{convert|2,730|km2|abbr=on}}
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''country rank in the world: 53rd''

'''Area – comparative:'''
:* Australia comparative: slightly more than twice the size of [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
:* Canada comparative: slightly smaller than the [[Yukon]]
:* United Kingdom comparative: slightly less than twice the size of the United Kingdom
:* United States comparative: slightly more than {{sfrac|1|10}} larger than [[California]]
:* [[European Union|EU]] comparative: slightly smaller than [[Spain]]; slightly larger than [[Sweden]]

'''Land boundaries:'''
<br>''total:''
5,018&nbsp;km
<br>''border countries:''
[[Central African Republic]] 901&nbsp;km, [[Chad]] 1,116&nbsp;km, [[Republic of the Congo]] 494&nbsp;km, [[Equatorial Guinea]] 183&nbsp;km, [[Gabon]] 349&nbsp;km, Nigeria 1,975&nbsp;km

'''Coastline:'''
402&nbsp;km

'''Maritime claims:'''
<br>''territorial sea:''
{{convert|12|nmi|km mi|1|abbr=on|lk=in}}

'''Terrain:'''
diverse, with coastal [[plain]] in southwest, dissected [[plateau]] in center, mountains in west, plains in north

'''Elevation extremes:'''
<br>''lowest point:''
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
<br>''highest point:''
[[Fako]] (on. [[Mt. Cameroon]]) 4,095 m

'''Natural resources:'''
petroleum, [[bauxite]], iron ore, timber, [[hydropower]]

[[Image:Mount Cameroon craters.jpg|thumb|left|Mount Cameroon craters]]

'''Land use:'''
<br>''arable land:''
13.12%
<br>''permanent crops:''
3.28%
<br>''other:''
83.61% (2012)

'''Irrigated land:'''
256.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (2003)

[[Image:Rhumsiki Peak.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[Rhumsiki]] Peak in Cameroon's [[Far North Province]].]]

'''Total renewable water resources:'''
285.5&nbsp;km<sup>3</sup> (2011)

'''Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):'''
<br>''total:''
0.97&nbsp;km<sup>3</sup>/yr (23%/10%/68%)
<br>''per capita:''
58.9 m<sup>3</sup>/yr (2005)

'''Natural hazards:'''
Recent [[limnic eruption]]s with release of [[carbon dioxide]]:
*from [[Lake Monoun]], 15 August 1984, killing 37
*from [[Lake Nyos]], 21 August 1986, killing as many as 1,800

{{anchor|Environmental issues}}'''Environment – current issues:'''
water-borne diseases are prevalent; [[deforestation]]; [[overgrazing]]; [[desertification]]; [[poaching]]; [[overfishing]]

'''Environment – international agreements:'''
<br>''party to:''
[[Biodiversity]], [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|Climate Change]], Desertification, [[Endangered Species]], Hazardous Wastes, [[Law of the Sea]], [[Ozone Layer Protection]], [[Tropical Timber 83]], [[Tropical Timber 94]], Wetlands, Whaling
<br>''signed, but not ratified:''
[[Nuclear Test Ban]]

'''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
[[File:Landscape of Mount Cameroon.jpg|thumb|Mount Cameroon Landscape|alt=|220x220px]]