Congo Rainforest

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rainforest ecosystem tropical rainforest

The Congo Rainforest is the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, a vast biodiversity hotspot in Central Africa that plays a crucial role in global climate regulation and carbon storage.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Congo Basin 5
Congo rainforest 3
Central African forest zone 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rainforest ecosystem ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
area approximately 1.7 million square miles ⓘ
approximately 4.4 million square kilometers ⓘ
biodiversity high species richness ⓘ
biodiversityHotspot true ⓘ
biome tropical moist broadleaf forest ⓘ
climate equatorial ⓘ
hot and humid ⓘ
conservationStatus subject to international conservation efforts ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Equatorial Guinea ⓘ
Gabon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
dominantVegetation evergreen broadleaf trees ⓘ
ecosystemService carbon storage ⓘ
climate stabilization ⓘ
water cycle regulation ⓘ
fauna bonobos ⓘ
chimpanzees ⓘ
forest elephants ⓘ
leopards ⓘ
lowland gorillas ⓘ
okapi ⓘ
flora ebony trees ⓘ
mahogany trees ⓘ
raffia palms ⓘ
humanPopulation indigenous communities ⓘ
importance critical habitat for endangered species ⓘ
supports millions of people ⓘ
vital for regional rainfall patterns ⓘ
indigenousPeoples Pygmy peoples ⓘ
locatedIn Central Africa ⓘ
organizationInvolved Conservation International ⓘ
United Nations Environment Programme ⓘ
World Wildlife Fund ⓘ
partOf Congo Rainforest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Congo Basin
relativeSize second-largest tropical rainforest in the world ⓘ
river Congo River ⓘ
role important in global climate regulation ⓘ
major global carbon sink ⓘ
threat agricultural expansion ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
illegal logging ⓘ
mining ⓘ
wildlife poaching ⓘ
timeZone UTC+1 to UTC+2 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guinean forests of West Africa → adjacentTo → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central African forests
Central Africa → contains → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo Basin
Central Africa → contains → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central African rainforest
Torrid Zone → contains → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo rainforest
Democratic Republic of the Congo → drainage → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo River Basin
Congo River → drainageBasin → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo Basin
Congo River → ecoregion → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo rainforest
Salonga National Park → locatedIn → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo Basin
Pan paniscus → nativeTo → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo Basin
Congo Rainforest → partOf → Congo Rainforest self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo Basin
Democratic Republic of the Congo → partOf → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
Salonga National Park → partOf → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo rainforest
Mvaï → region → Congo Rainforest ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central African forest zone