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Central Africa
A small village in the hills along the banks of the Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa.
The equatorial rainforest of Central Africa covers an area of almost 400,000 square miles (1,035,920 square km).1
This rainforest is the second largest in the world and is characterized by an evergreen forest that thrives in the region's hot and wet climate. It takes three primary forms: permanently wet marshy forests, gallery forests subject to periodic flooding, and extensive dry-land forests that harbor a diverse array of species.213