Northeastern Congolian lowland forests

Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
BiomeTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
Geography
Area512,304 km2 (197,802 sq mi)
Countries
Elevation600 m to 1,000 m
Coordinates2°12′N 25°42′E / 2.2°N 25.7°E / 2.2; 25.7
RiversBounded by Uele River, Congo River, Elila River, and Bomu River[1]
Conservation
Conservation statusvulnerable
Global 200yes
Protected54,712 km2 (11%)[2]

The Northeastern Congolian lowland forests (French: Forêts de plaine du nord-est du Congo) is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that spans the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Blom, Allard; Schipper, Jan. "Western: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo". World Wildlife Fund. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  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. [1]
  3. ^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Northeastern Congolian lowland forests". Digital Observatory for Protected Areas. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Northeastern Congolian lowland forests". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved August 20, 2021.