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Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date of Inscription: 1980
Criteria: (x) Property : 600000 ha Provinces of South-Kivu and Maniena S2 30 0 E28 45 0 Ref: 137 Inscription Year on the List of World Heritage in Danger: 1997 |
Brief Description
A vast area of primary tropical forest dominated by two spectacular extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega, the park has a diverse and abundant fauna. One of the last groups of eastern lowland (graueri) gorillas (consisting of only some 250 individuals) lives at between 2,100 and 2,400 m above sea-level.
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