Largest area of mangrove swamp in Africa, located on the coasts of West Africa, mainly in Nigeria
Central African mangroves
Douala Edéa National Park
Map of the Central African mangroves
Ecology
Realm
Afrotropical
Biome
mangrove
Borders
List
Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands
Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
Cross–Niger transition forests
Cross–Sanaga–Bioko coastal forests
Guinean forest–savanna mosaic
Niger Delta swamp forests
Nigerian lowland forests
Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
Geography
Area
27,570 km2 (10,640 sq mi)
Countries
List
Angola
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Ghana
Nigeria
Conservation
Conservation status
Critical/endangered
Protected
7,261 km2 (26%)[1]
The Central African mangroves ecoregion consists of the largest area of mangrove swamp in Africa, located on the coasts of West Africa, mainly in Nigeria.
^Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
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