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Eastern Congolian Swamp Forest

Tyler Bruner 3/19/141st block

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• Unique animals of the climate

• Wildlife that only exists in this climate

• People that live in the swamp forest

• Concerns and issues the forest has

• History of the land

Introduction

• Runs along the Congo river• In Central Africa

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Typography

• The forest is very flat• Only 350-400 meters in

elevation• Switches from a wetland to a

savana.

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Climate• part of wet tropics

• Annual rainfall of 2000 milliliters or over

• Temperatures differ from 18 to 30 degrees Celsius

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Temperature and light graph

Allen's swamp monkey Allen's striped bat

Animals

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Elephants

Brush furred rat muttons soft furred mouse

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• Praomys mutoni• Only native species in this

ecosystem

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plants

Not many species of plants in the forest.bubinga and ovangkol are trees that

dominate the forest

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Environmental concerns

The forest elephants have been getting killed for the hide and meat and the populations have gone down tremendously

Logging in the forest have been declining other wildlife also

Unique features

This is the largest swamp forest in the worldOver millions of years scientist think that this

swamp has changed from a savanna to a swamp forest many times

Is the most unsearched forest in the world

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people

The people that live here live off the land. The majority of them log trees or are in the fishing industry.

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People tradition, lifestyle, and jobs

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Conclusion

Animals in the ecosystemUnique features of the environmentClimatePeople

Review questions

What is the major river that runs through the forest?

What are a majority of peoples jobs that live in the forest?

What is the only native animal?How rich in species is this environment?What is one of the unique features about this

ecosystem?

• en.wikipedia.org

• www.eoearth.org

• wwf.panda.org

• safegreenplanet.wordpress.com 

• http://www.enjoycongo.info/about/geography

• mau-mandala.wildlifedirect.org