eastern congolian swamp forest tyler bruner 3/19/14 1 st block en.wikipedia.org
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Runs along the Congo river In Central Africa en.wikipedia.orgTRANSCRIPT
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