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.
South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
600,000 ha
Although the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has Africa's largest freshwater resources, it is suffering from an acute drinking water supply crisis. ... Only 46 percent of the population had access to an improved drinking water source in 2012.
Congolese franc, Zairean zaire