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ABSTRACT Abessolo Ondoa, G.; Onguene, R.; Tomedi Eyango, M.; Duhaut, T.; Mama, C.; Angnuureng, B.D., and Almar, R., 2018. Assessment of the evolution of Cameroon coastline: An overview from 1986 to 2015. In: Almar, R.; Almeida, L.P.; Trung Viet, N., and Sall, M. (eds.), Tropical Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue. No. 81. pp. 122–129. Coconut Creek (Florida). ISSN 0749-0208. The coast of Cameroon is located at the bottom of the Gulf of Guinea with varied nearshore environments and oceanic forcing influenced by the presence of several islands. It is also the area of important river flows. Here, the global evolution of the Cameroonian coastline and hydrodynamic between 1986 and 2015 is investigated using satellite images and ECMWF EraInterim re-analysis wave data. Seven areas of important cross-shore changes have been identified with only one case of human-induced variation that corresponds to the construction of a new habour at Kribi. This paper presents the results ...

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