Location:
The rainforest is located in western part of equatorial Africa
Rainforest type:
The Congo Rainforest is a tropical rain forest.
Size:
The Congo region is 300,000 square miles (777,000 square kilometres) in size.
Age:
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Interesting features:
Crocodiles also live throughout the Congo River as do many types of fish; perch, catfish. Snakes species include the cobra, green mambas, puff adders, and python survive in the rainforest.
Fauna:
Insects including the tsetse fly, which causes severe sleeping sickness in human beings and the mosquito, which carries malaria and yellow fever.
Flora:
11,000 forest plants have been identified and 1,100 of these are found nowhere else. Around 69 of these species are threatened.
Population:
The Congo rainforest people rely largely on the forests for their livelihood, they are traditionally hunter-gatherers. After a few years, they move on for another fertile area, leaving this area bare.
Threats:
Logging roads have opened up vast areas of the Congo to commercial hunting.
Interesting fact:
the world’s second-largest stand of tropical rain forest.
The rainforest is located in western part of equatorial Africa
Rainforest type:
The Congo Rainforest is a tropical rain forest.
Size:
The Congo region is 300,000 square miles (777,000 square kilometres) in size.
Age:
?
Interesting features:
Crocodiles also live throughout the Congo River as do many types of fish; perch, catfish. Snakes species include the cobra, green mambas, puff adders, and python survive in the rainforest.
Fauna:
Insects including the tsetse fly, which causes severe sleeping sickness in human beings and the mosquito, which carries malaria and yellow fever.
Flora:
11,000 forest plants have been identified and 1,100 of these are found nowhere else. Around 69 of these species are threatened.
Population:
The Congo rainforest people rely largely on the forests for their livelihood, they are traditionally hunter-gatherers. After a few years, they move on for another fertile area, leaving this area bare.
Threats:
Logging roads have opened up vast areas of the Congo to commercial hunting.
Interesting fact:
the world’s second-largest stand of tropical rain forest.