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Central African mangroves
Douala Edéa National Park
Map of the Central African mangroves
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biomemangrove
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
Area27,570 km2 (10,640 sq mi)
Countries
List
  • Angola
  • Cameroon
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Ghana
  • Nigeria
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected7,261 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.

  1. ^ 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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