Batouala is a small village in Gabon halfway along the dirt road from Makokou to Mékambo, in the north-eastern province of Ogooué-Ivindo.[1] A 2014 report noted that "pre-electrification" of the Batouala area was underway.[2]

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.[3]

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.[1] 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.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Lou, Jean (May 2012). "La Grotte de Batouala" (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. ↑ Jeffreys, Andrew, ed. (2014). The Report: Gabon 2014. Oxford: Oxford Business Group. p. 59. ISBN 9781910068120.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ 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.

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