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The Congo Basin is a globally important climatic region with annual rainfall of between 1500 and 2000 mm. It is one of three hotspots of deep convection (thunderstorms) in the tropics, the other two being over the Maritime continent and the Amazon. These three regions together drive the climate circulation of the tropics and beyond.
Description: basin of the Congo River in west equatorial Africa; Location: DR Congo, Central Africa, Africa; View on OpenStreetMap
1 wrz 2024 · The Congo basin is the second largest rainforest in the world, The Congo basin covers 1,700,000 square kilometres- roughly 18% of all global rainforests and covers 6 African countries. The Congo basin has vast biomes, such as rivers, forests, savannas, swamps and flooded forests the differential of biomes allows for many animals to be able to ...
3 lis 2024 · Congo basin, basin of the Congo River, lying astride the Equator in west-central Africa. It is the world’s second largest river basin (next to that of the Amazon), comprising an area of more than 1.3 million square miles (3.4 million square km). The vast drainage area of the Congo River includes.
The Congo Basin Rainforest. Preserving the natural resources and animals.
The Congo basin is a beautiful rainforest stretching over 6 countries including Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon (WWF, 2024). It is spread over 500 million acres making it the second largest rainforest in the world (Rhett-A.Butler, 2020).
This report and online map provide spatial data and attributes for forest management and governance in the Republic of Congo. It includes forest concession and protected area boundaries, roads dataset, and wood volume production data.
