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 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 (𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡: 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐮 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨) is the 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 of the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 is 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 in 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, in a region known as 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. The 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 in the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 is the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 and 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 in 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞, with 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 compared to the 𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 in 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧.


The Western Lowland Gorilla 

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 is a 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 for the 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 that 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 the 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚 and the 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬. The basin 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 in the 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 of the 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 with 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭 from 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐞𝐥𝐞 and 𝐔𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 in the 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 and 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 in the 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬.It is 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐲 by 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 including 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞, 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐚, 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐞-𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨, 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧, and 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬.The basin 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 where the 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 into the 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚 on the 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧. The basin is a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 of 𝟑.𝟕 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 and is 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 to some of the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 of 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭, in addition to 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬.

The 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 is the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 in 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. The 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 cover 𝟏.𝟔 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐦².The Congo Basin is a 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 with 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 of between 𝟏𝟓𝟎𝟎 and 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐦.𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 in the Congo Basin (usually between 𝟐𝟎 and 𝟑𝟎 °𝐂) are 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 than in the 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 to the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚) and to the 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 (𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢).

The 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 is 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 to the 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐢, 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐩𝐲𝐠𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 (𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞), 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐞𝐞, 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨 and 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐰𝐥. Its 𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐱 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 is 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝, which are 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 than their 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 due to 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 from 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. The basin is 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 to the 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚.𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 can be found in and around the forest.

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Effects of Deforestation on wildlife

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 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is one of the most critical issues 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 and the health of our planet. Deforestation is the process of 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬  to make the land available for other uses. This can involve 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬.  Deforestation causes significant problems for wildlife by leading to 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧-𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭. When forests are cleared, 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞, leading to 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 and, in some cases, 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐇𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 divides contin...
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