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Eastern Congolian Swamp
Forest
Tyler Bruner
3/19/14
1st block
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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
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Typography
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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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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 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
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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 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