Northeastern Congolian lowland forests

Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
	Okapi Wildlife Reserve
	Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
Ecology
Realm	Afrotropical
Biome	Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders	List Albertine Rift montane forests; Eastern Congolian swamp forests; Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic; Northwestern Congolian lowland forests; Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic; Western Congolian swamp forests;
Geography
Area	512,304 km2 (197,802 sq mi)
Countries	Democratic Republic of Congo; Central African Republic;
Elevation	600 m to 1,000 m
Coordinates	2°12′N 25°42′E / 2.2°N 25.7°E
Rivers	Bounded by Uele River, Congo River, Elila River, and Bomu River
Conservation
Conservation status	vulnerable
Global 200	yes
Protected	54,712 km2 (11%)

The Northeastern Congolian lowland forests (French: Forêts de plaine du nord-est du Congo) is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion that spans the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]
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