Batouala

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]

For the 1921 novel by René Maran see Batouala (novel)

The climate is equatorial, with annual median temperatures between 23.9 and 23.7 degrees C (reference points for these data are Makouko and Mekambo, respectively), average rainfall between 1725 and 1612mm, relative humidity of 81%, with on 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. 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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