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Maiko-Tayna-Kahuzi-Biega Landscape
Learn more about the Maiko-Tayna-Kahuzi-Biega Landscape:
State of the Forest Report 2006
State of the Forest Report 2005
The Landscape in brief
Coordinates: 0°20’30’’N – 2°45’17’’S; 26°35’8’’E –
29°2’51’’E
Area: 67,121 km²
Elevation: 495–3,279 m (average: 1,010 m)
Terrestrial ecoregions: Northeastern Congolese forests,
Afromontane forests of the Albertine Rift
Aquatic ecoregions: Albertine Rift mountains, Upper Congo
Protected areas:
Maiko National Park, 1,000,000 ha, 1970
Kahuzi-Biega National Park, 660,000 ha, 1970-1974
Tayna Gorilla Reserve, 88,600 ha, 2002
Source: The Forests of the Congo Basin: State of the Forest 2006
