Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests

Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests
Forêts côtières congolaises
Bosques costeros del Congo
Florestas costeiras congolesas
Jungle near Oyala in Equatorial Guinea
Map of Congolian Coastal Forests Ecoregion
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
BiomeTropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
Geography
Area189,700 km2 (73,200 mi2)
Countries
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Coordinates0°09′N 10°37′E / 0.15°N 10.62°E / 0.15; 10.62
Conservation
Conservation statusrelatively stable
Protected43,768 km2 (23%)

The Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests, also known as the Congolian coastal forests (French: Forêts côtières équatoriales atlantiques, Spanish: Bosques costeros atlánticos ecuatoriales, Portuguese: Florestas costeiras atlânticas equatoriais), are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of Central Africa, covering hills, plains, and mountains of the Atlantic coast of Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Democratic Republic the of Congo.

This is rich forest home to large mammals such as western gorillas, chimpanzees, forest elephants and African buffalo, as well as many small mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates. Other primates include black colobus monkeys and mandrills.