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    Congo, Democratic Republic of the Geography 1997

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    SOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Location Central Africa, northeast of Angola

      Geographic coordinates 0 00 N, 25 00 E

      Map references Africa

      Area
      total: 2,345,410 sq km
      land: 2,267,600 sq km
      water : 77,810 sq km

      Area - comparative slightly less than one-fourth the size of US

      Land boundaries
      total : 10,271 km
      border countries: Angola 2,511 km, Burundi 233 km, Central African Republic 1,577 km,Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Rwanda 217 km, Sudan 628 km, Uganda 765 km,Zambia 1,930 km

      Coastline 37 km

      Maritime claims
      exclusive economic zone : boundaries with neighbors
      territorial sea: 12 nm

      Climate tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drierin southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator- wet season April to October, dry season December to February; south of Equator- wet season November to March, dry season April to October

      Terrain vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east

      Elevation extremes
      lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
      highest point: Margherita Peak (Mount Stanley) 5,110 m

      Natural resources cobalt, copper, cadmium, petroleum, industrial and gem diamonds, gold,silver, zinc, manganese, tin, germanium, uranium, radium, bauxite, iron ore,coal, hydropower potential

      Land use
      arable land : 3%
      permanent crops: 0%
      permanent pastures: 7%
      forests and woodland: 77%
      other: 13% (1993 est.)

      Irrigated land 100 sq km (1993 est.)

      Natural hazards periodic droughts in south; volcanic activity

      Environment - current issues poaching threatens wildlife populations; water pollution; deforestation;refugees who arrived in mid-1994 were responsible for significant deforestation,soil erosion, and wildlife poaching in the eastern part of the country (mostof those refugees were repatriated in November and December 1996)

      Environment - international agreements
      party to : Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes,Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands
      signed, but not ratified: Desertification, Environmental Modification, Tropical Timber 94

      Geography - note straddles Equator; very narrow strip of land that controls the lowerCongo river and is only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean; dense tropical rainforest in central river basin and eastern highlands

      NOTE: The information regarding Congo, Democratic Republic of the on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Congo, Democratic Republic of the Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.

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