Kahuzi-Biega National Park

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Kahuzi-Biega National Park is a protected area in the Democratic Republic of the Congo renowned for its dense tropical forests, volcanic mountains, and critically endangered eastern lowland gorilla population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
conservationStatus World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
ecosystemType lowland tropical forest ⓘ
montane tropical forest ⓘ
established 1970 ⓘ
foundedBy Adrien Deschryver ⓘ
governingBody Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature ⓘ
hasBiome Afromontane forest ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasEndangeredSpecies chimpanzee ⓘ
eastern lowland gorilla ⓘ
forest elephant ⓘ
hasEndemicSpecies Grauer's gorilla ⓘ
hasFeature alpine vegetation ⓘ
bamboo forest ⓘ
dense tropical forests ⓘ
montane forest ⓘ
swamp forest ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
volcanic mountains ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Kahuzi ⓘ
hasHighestPointElevation 3308 m ⓘ
hasSecondPeak Mount Biega ⓘ
hasTourismActivity birdwatching ⓘ
gorilla trekking ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor critically endangered eastern lowland gorilla population ⓘ
locatedIn South Kivu Province ⓘ
linked to: South Kivu

eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
namedAfter Mount Biega ⓘ
Mount Kahuzi ⓘ
nearestCity Bukavu ⓘ
onList UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
partOf Albertine Rift ⓘ
Congo Basin forests ⓘ
linked to: Congo Rainforest
recognizedFor biodiversity ⓘ
conservation of tropical rainforest ecosystems ⓘ
habitat of eastern lowland gorillas ⓘ
threatenedBy armed conflict ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
illegal mining ⓘ
poaching ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Africa ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1980 ⓘ

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World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Kahuzi-Biega National Park ⓘ
Albertine Rift → contains → Kahuzi-Biéga National Park ⓘ
linked to: Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Albertine Rift Mountains → protectedArea → Kahuzi-Biéga National Park ⓘ
linked to: Kahuzi-Biega National Park
L'Hoest's monkey → foundInProtectedArea → Kahuzi-Biega National Park ⓘ
Albertine Rift montane forest → hasProtectedArea → Kahuzi-Biega National Park ⓘ
Kahuzi-Biéga highlands → partOf → Kahuzi-Biéga National Park ⓘ
linked to: Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Kahuzi-Biéga highlands → partOf → World Heritage Site core area of Kahuzi-Biéga National Park ⓘ
linked to: Kahuzi-Biega National Park
ICCN → manages → Kahuzi-Biega National Park ⓘ