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Kahuzi-Biega National Park

Rank:

Top 1000

Wonder Type: Natural

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Best of: Park, Wildlife

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. [More Details]

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