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Eastern Congolian Swamp Forest Tyler Bruner 3/19/14 1st block en.wikipedia.org Introduction • 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 • Runs along the Congo river • In Central Africa en.wikipedia.org Typography • • • The forest is very flat Only 350-400 meters in elevation Switches from a wetland to a savana. en.wikipedia.org Climate • part of wet tropics • Annual rainfall of 2000 milliliters or over • Temperatures differ from 18 to 30 degrees Celsius en.wikipedia.org Allen's swamp monkey Allen's striped bat Animals www.eoearth.org - Elephants Brush furred rat muttons soft furred mouse www.eoearth.org - • Praomys mutoni • Only native species in this ecosystem www.eoearth.org - plants Not many species of plants in the forest. bubinga and ovangkol are trees that dominate the forest www.eoearth.org 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 world Over 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 en.wikipedia.org people The people that live here live off the land. The majority of them log trees or are in the fishing industry. en.wikipedia.org People tradition, lifestyle, and jobs www.eoearth.org - Conclusion Animals in the ecosystem Unique features of the environment Climate People 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