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.
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
The Congo River, formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second-longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the third largest river in the world by discharge volume, followi
Congolian rainforests
…rainforests (French: Forêts tropicales congolaises) 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. The Congolian rainforest is the world's second-largest tropical forest, after the Amazon rainforest. It covers…
Aerial view from the west of the Congo River with upstream half of Pool Malebo and Mbamu
Kinshasa as seen from Brazzaville, across the Pool Malebo
Aerial view of the Lukenie River as it meanders through the Central Congolian lowland forests