Mangroves National Park
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Mangroves National Park is a national park and Ramsar
wetland in the Democratic Republic of Congo containing mangrove
forests. The park is located at the mouth of the Congo River
. These mangroves are distinct from the ones found in south Asia (India and Bangladesh). These mangroves form a separate type of mangrove forests, which are typical to Democratic Republic of Congo. The park was established in 1992 and is 768 square kilometre in size.
Ramsar Convention
The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i.e., to stem the progressive encroachment on and loss of wetlands now and in the future, recognizing the fundamental ecological functions of wetlands and their economic, cultural,...
wetland in the Democratic Republic of Congo containing mangrove
Mangrove
Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...
forests. The park is located at the mouth of the Congo River
Congo River
The Congo River is a river in Africa, and is the deepest river in the world, with measured depths in excess of . It is the second largest river in the world by volume of water discharged, though it has only one-fifth the volume of the world's largest river, the Amazon...
. These mangroves are distinct from the ones found in south Asia (India and Bangladesh). These mangroves form a separate type of mangrove forests, which are typical to Democratic Republic of Congo. The park was established in 1992 and is 768 square kilometre in size.