Congo Basin
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The Congo Basin is the sedimentary basin of the Congo River. The Congo Basin is located in Central Africa, in a region known as west equatorial Africa. The region is sometimes known simply as the Cong
Isangi people living on the Congo River
Pygmy hunter-gatherers in the Central African Republic.
Aerial view of the Lukenie River as it meanders through the Central Congolian lowland forests
Western lowland gorilla
Congolian rainforests
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The Congolian rainforests are a broad belt of lowland tropical moist broadleaf forests which extend across the basin of the Congo River and its tributaries in Central Africa.
Congo Basin
…It contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world and is an important source of water used in agriculture and energy generation. The rainforest in the Congo Basin is the largest rainforest in Africa and second only to the Amazon rainforest in size, with 300 million hectares compared to the 800 million hectares…
Aerial view of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve
Congolian rainforest ecoregions: 2. Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests, 6. Central Congolian lowland forests 7. Eastern Congolian swamp forests, 8. Western Congolian swamp forests, 9. Northeastern Congolian lowland forests, 15. Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
A Sapele tree in the Republic of the Congo
Bonobos live south of the Congo River