🌿 Salonga National Park

DR Congo · Africa · Natural · 2.20°S, 21.50°E

Salonga National Park is a national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in the Congo River basin. It is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve covering about 36,000 km2 or 3,600,000 hectares. It extends into the provinces of Mai Ndombe, Equateur, Kasaï and Sankuru. In 1984, the national park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List for its protection of a large swath of relatively intact rainforest and its important habitat for many rare species. In 1999, the site has been listed as endangered due to poaching and housing construction. Following the improvement in its state of conservation, the site was removed from the endangered list in 2021.

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Quick facts

Country	DR Congo
Continent / region	Africa
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	2.20°S, 21.50°E · view on map

Salonga National Park is a natural World Heritage site in DR Congo, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Salonga National Park was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in DR Congo

Virunga National Park · Garamba National Park · Kahuzi-Biega National Park · Okapi Wildlife Reserve.

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