Central Congolian lowland forests | |
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Ecology | |
Realm | Afrotropical |
Biome | Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
Geography | |
Area | 414,800 km2 (160,200 sq mi) |
Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Coordinates | 1°30′S 22°36′E / 1.5°S 22.6°E |
Conservation | |
Conservation status | relatively intact |
The Central Congolian lowland forests (French: Forêts de plaine du centre du Congo) are an ecoregion within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is a remote, inaccessible area of low-lying dense wet forest, undergrowth and swamp in the Cuvette Centrale region of the Congo Basin south of the arc of the River Congo.[1][2][3][4]