🦎 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Guinea · Africa · Nature Reserve · 7.60°N, 8.39°W

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve is a protected area and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in both Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire, extending over a total of area of 175.4 km2, with 125.4 km2 in Guinea, and 50 km2 in Côte d'Ivoire. The reserve covers significant portions of the Nimba Range, a geographically unique area with unusually rich flora and fauna, including exceptional numbers of single-site endemic species, such as Nimbaphrynoides, the Nimba otter shrew, and multiple species of horseshoe bats. Its highest peak is Mount Richard-Molard at 1,752 m (5,750 ft), which is the highest peak of both countries.

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Quick facts

Country	Guinea
Continent / region	Africa
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	7.60°N, 8.39°W · view on map

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Guinea, in Africa. The details of why Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Guinea

Badiar National Park · Ziama Strict Nature Reserve · National Park of Upper Niger.

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