Salonga National Park

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Salonga National Park is a vast, remote tropical rainforest reserve in the Congo Basin, renowned for its rich biodiversity and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
national park
protected area
tropical rainforest
accessibility remote
biome tropical moist broadleaf forest
climate equatorial
continent Africa
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
designation World Heritage in Danger (past)
ecosystemType lowland rainforest
fauna African forest elephant
African grey parrot
Congo peafowl
bonobo
hippopotamus
flora tropical hardwood trees
governingBody Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature
habitat riverine forest
swamp forest
IUCNCategory II
languageOfLocalCommunities Lingala
Tshiluba
locatedIn Congo Basin
central Democratic Republic of the Congo
notableFor African slender-snouted crocodile
Congo peafowl
bonobo population
endemic species
forest elephants
high biodiversity
partOf Congo rainforest
primaryAccessMode river transport
protectedFor conservation of threatened species
conservation of tropical rainforest ecosystems
region Cuvette Centrale
threat human encroachment
illegal logging
poaching
wildlife trafficking
traversedBy Lomela River
Salonga River
Yenge River
UNESCOCriteria (ix)
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UNESCORegion Africa
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Natural
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed
UNESCOYearOfInscription 1984

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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