Congo Basin
Africa's green heart
The Congo Basin is the vast drainage area of the Congo River in central Africa, spanning several countries including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon.
It contains the world's second-largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon, making it crucial for global climate regulation and biodiversity.
The Congo Basin's forests are sometimes called the lungs of Africa.
- gorillaLargest great ape
- canoe travelJourneying by paddle boat
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
okapi · deforestation · slash and burn · logging industry · logging roads · tropical hardwood · bonobo · forest elephant · carbon sink · endemic species · wetland ecosystem · Central Africa · peatlands · indigenous knowledge · poaching · hydroelectric power · pygmy · oral traditions
- African Basins
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- African GeographySouth Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana
- African NatureAfrican elephants, African lions, Serengeti, Sahara, Nile
- ecosystemsrainforest, forest, desert, jungle, ocean
- rainforestrainforest, jungle, tropical, tropics, canopy
Congo BasinSahara Desert
Massive North African arid region
Gobi Desert · Arabian Desert · Kalahari Desert · Siberian tundra · Greenland ice sheet
Congo BasinAntarctica
Southernmost continental landmass
Arctic · Siberian tundra · Greenland ice sheet · Canadian Arctic · North Pole
Congo BasinHimalayas
Asia's highest range
Andes Mountains · Alps · Rocky Mountains · Tibetan Plateau · Mount Kilimanjaro