Northeastern Congolian lowland forests |
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AT0124. Northeastern Congolian lowland forests |
Ecology |
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Realm |
Afrotropical |
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Biome |
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
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Borders |
Albertine Rift montane forests |
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Animals |
okapi, giant genet, aquatic genet, mountain shrew, African foggy shrew, Congo shrew, fuscous shrew (C. polia), owl-faced monkey, L'Hoest's monkey, pied bat, Allen's striped bat, Misonne's soft-furred mouse, Verschuren's swamp rat, eastern lowland gorilla, Neumann's coucal, golden-naped weaver, Nahan's francolin, Ituri batis, Turner's eremomela, Congo peacock, Sassi's greenbul, Bedford's paradise-flycatcher, Chapin's mountain-babbler, Zaire dwarf gecko, olive shovelnose (Hemisus olivaceus), Kigulube reed frog (Hyperolius diaphanus), Kunungu reed frog (H. schoutendeni), Mertens' running frog (Kassina mertensi), Buta River frog (Phrynobatrachus gastoni), Christy's grassland frog (Ptychadena christyi) and Pangi Territory frog (Rana amieti) |
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Geography |
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Area |
530,000 km2 (200,000 sq mi) |
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Countries |
Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic |
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Elevation |
600 m to 1,000 m |
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Rivers |
Bounded by Uele River, Congo River, Elila River, and Bomu River[1] |
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Conservation |
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Conservation status |
vulnerable |
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Global 200 |
yes |
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The Northeastern Congolian lowland forests is a WWF Ecoregion that spans the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.