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Batouala is a small village in Gabon halfway along the dirt road from Makokou to Mékambo, in the north-eastern province of Ogooué-Ivindo. A 2014 report noted that "pre-electrification" of the Batouala area was underway.
The climate is equatorial, with annual median temperatures between 23.9 and 23.7 °C (reference points for these data are Makouko and Mekambo, respectively), average rainfall between 1725 and 1612 mm, relative humidity of 81%, with an average 160 days of rainfall annually.
The area features caves, one of which, the Grotte de Batouala, is at a 3-4km drive and then a 1h45m walk from the village. The cave has three species of bats, and its entrance is made difficult by a thick layer of guano. Its main gallery, according to the report of a 1966 expedition to caves in the Makokou area, contains a thigh-deep lake of liquid guano.
References
- ^ Lou, Jean (May 2012). "La Grotte de Batouala" (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- Jeffreys, Andrew, ed. (2014). The Report: Gabon 2014. Oxford: Oxford Business Group. p. 59. ISBN 9781910068120.
- "Reconnaissance pedologique dans la region de Batouala (Ogooue-Ivindo) pour l'implantation d'une cafeiere" (PDF) (in French). Libreville: ORSTOM. November 1976. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- Adam, J. P. (February 1966). "Rapport sur une Mission au Gabon pour l'Etude Préliminaire de la Faune de quelques grottes de la Région de Makokou" (PDF) (in French). Brazzaville. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
0°48′36″N 13°25′52″E / 0.81000°N 13.43111°E / 0.81000; 13.43111
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