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Mbeli Bai | |
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![]() African forest elephants in Mbeli Bai, 2011 | |
![]() ![]() Location of Mbeli Bai | |
Location | Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park |
Nearest city | Lipendja, Republic of the Congo |
Coordinates | 2°15′30″N 16°24′42″E / 2.2583°N 16.4117°E |
Area | 12.9 hectares |
Established | 1993 |
Governing body | Wildlife Conservation Society Ministry of Forest Economy and Environment |
Mbeli Bai is a 12.9 hectare protected freshwater swamp forest, part of the Sangha Trinational Forest and the Western Congolian swamp forests ecoregion, in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of the Congo. The area is commonly used for research on wild gorillas and elephants.