The Congo Basin—Earth’s second-largest rainforest ... Spanning an area second only to the Amazon, it is often called the “lungs of Africa.” It absorbs 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually ...
The world has some truly remarkable rivers, from the Amazon in South America to the Nile in Africa ... Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo’s drainage basin is also enormous, covering ...
The Congo Basin is the largest in Africa and second only to the Amazon basin globally and the animal and plant species have been discovered in at least six countries within the Congo Basin ...