Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic

The Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic is a forest and savanna ecoregion of central Africa, part of the belt of transitional forest-savanna mosaic that lie between Africa's equatorial forests and the tropical dry forests, savannas, and grasslands that lie to the north and south.

Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Map of the Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic ecoregion
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
Geography
Area703,010 km2 (271,430 sq mi)
CountriesCameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan
Conservation
Conservation statusCritical/endangered
Protected104,288 km² (15%)[1]

Geography

The Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic lies between the equatorial Congolian forests to the south and the drier East Sudanian savanna to the north. It extends from the Cameroon Highlands in the west, across central Cameroon and the southern Central African Republic to southwestern South Sudan and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is bounded on the east by flooded grasslands of the Sudd, the eastern block of the East Sudanian savanna, and the Albertine Rift montane forests.

Protected areas

A 2017 assessment found that 104,288 km², or 15%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas.[2] Protected areas include Mbam Djerem National Park in Cameroon, Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Southern National Park in South Sudan, and Chinko Nature Reserve and Zemongo Faunal Reserve in the Central African Republic.

  • "Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.

References
  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.
  2. 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.

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