Northwestern Congolian lowland forests

Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
Elephants in Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve in the Central African Republic
AT0126. Northwestern Congolian lowland forests
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders	List Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests Northeastern Congolian lowland forests Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic Western Congolian swamp forests
Animals	Western lowland gorilla
Geography
Area	434,082 km2 (167,600 sq mi)
Countries	List Cameroon Central African Republic Gabon Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
Elevation	80 m to 1,450 m
Coordinates	1°36′N 12°18′E / 1.60°N 12.30°E / 1.60; 12.30
Conservation
Conservation status	vulnerable
Global 200	yes
Protected	91,395 square kilometres (35,288 sq mi)[1]%

The Northwestern Congolian lowland forests (French: Forêts de plaine du nord-ouest du Congo) is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that spans Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and a minuscule part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It forms part of the larger Congolian rainforests region in Central Africa. The region is noteworthy for very high levels of species richness and endemism. It is home to a core population of the critically endangered Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). There are also large populations of forest elephants.^[2][3][4][5]