Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests
The Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in central Africa. It occupies the upper slopes of coastal Mount Cameroon in Cameroon, and the mountains of nearby Bioko island in Equatorial Guinea.
Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests | |
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Satellite imagery of the Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests. Mount Cameroon is the peak in the center of the picture; Bioko is visible in the lower left. | |
Location map of the Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests | |
Ecology | |
Realm | Afrotropical |
Biome | tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests |
Borders | Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests |
Geography | |
Area | 1,141 km2 (441 sq mi) |
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Conservation | |
Conservation status | Critical/endangered |
Global 200 | yes |
Protected | 736 km² (64%) |
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