Northwestern Congolian lowland forests information
Tropical forest ecoregion in Central Africa
Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
Elephants in Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve in the Central African Republic
AT0126. Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
Ecology
Realm
Afrotropical
Biome
tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
List
Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic
Western Congolian swamp forests
Animals
Western lowland gorilla
Geography
Area
434,082 km2 (167,600 sq mi)
Countries
List
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Gabon
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation
80 m to 1,450 m
Coordinates
1°36′N12°18′E / 1.60°N 12.30°E / 1.60; 12.30
Conservation
Conservation status
vulnerable
Global 200
yes
Protected
91,395 square kilometres (35,288 sq mi)[1]%
The Northwestern Congolian lowland forests (French: Forêts de plaine du nord-ouest du Congo) is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that spans Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and a minuscule part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It forms part of the larger Congolian rainforests region in Central Africa. The region is noteworthy for very high levels of species richness and endemism. It is home to a core population of the critically endangered Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). There are also large populations of forest elephants.[2][3][4][5]
^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]
^"Northwestern Congolian lowland forests". World Wildlife Federation. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^"Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve, using WWF data. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
^"Northwestern Congolian lowland forests". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
^"Northwestern Congolian lowland forests". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
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