Kasewe Forest Reserve
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Kasewe Forest Reserve is an area of hills in the Moyamba District
of Sierra Leone
. It is designated as a forest reserve and contains moist semi-deciduous
and evergreen
forests that cover an area of 1.224 km². Made up of volcanic rock
the hills stand about 500m above the interior plains of the country. The nearest town is Lunsar
.
Moyamba District
Moyamba District is a district in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone with a population of 260,910 in the 2004 census. Its capital and largest city is Moyamba. The other major towns include Njala, Rotifunk and Shenge...
of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
. It is designated as a forest reserve and contains moist semi-deciduous
Semi-deciduous
Semi-deciduous is a botanical term which refers to plants that lose part of their foliage, also Semi-deciduous plants can mean, that plants can lose their foliage for a very short period, when old leaves fall off and new foliage growth is starting. This phenomenon occurs in tropical and...
and evergreen
Evergreen
In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves in all seasons. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season.There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs...
forests that cover an area of 1.224 km². Made up of volcanic rock
Volcanic rock
Volcanic rock is a rock formed from magma erupted from a volcano. In other words, it is an igneous rock of volcanic origin...
the hills stand about 500m above the interior plains of the country. The nearest town is Lunsar
Lunsar
Lunsar is one of the largest cities of Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The population was 16,567 in the 2004 census , but a 2010 estimate is 23,889 . The town lies about 22 miles east of the district capital of Port Loko and 65 miles east of Freetown . The...
.