Bakossi mountains
| Bakossi mountains | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Kupe ( 2064 m ) | |
| location | Sud-Ouest , Littoral , Cameroon | |
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 58 ′ N , 9 ° 40 ′ E | |
| surface | 2,390 km² | |
The Bakossi Mountains are a low mountain range on the border of the Sud-Ouest and Littoral provinces in Cameroon . The Bakossi Mountains on Mount Kupe reach their greatest height of 2,064 meters above sea level and they were created in the structure of the bulge of the Cameroon Line . North of the Bakossi Mountains are the Bambouto Massif (approx. 40 km), to the west the Rumpi Mountains , northeast of the Manengouba (approx. 20 km) and southwest of the Cameroon Mountain (approx. 120 km). The mountain region was named after the Bakossi people .
The Bakossi Mountains cover an area of 2,390 km² and are made up of four mountain formations. The central region is formed by the Edib Hills , to the north are the 1,895 meter high Mwendolengo Mountains and the 1,795 meter high Mwenzenkong Mountains . In the southeast of the Ebid Hills lies the volcanic massif of Mount Kupe, separated from the Jide Valley. Hydrologically , the Bakossi Mountains form a watershed between the Mungo river systems in the south, the Cross River in the northwest and the Wouri in the southeast. The climate in the Bakossi Mountains is tropical , cold- blooded , with a drier period from November to March and a more pronounced rainy season from April to October, which culminates with the arrival of the monsoons in July to September. The daily average temperatures vary from 22 to 32 ° C and the humidity reaches values of 75 to 85%, all year round.
The mountain region of the Bakossi Mountains, together with the Manengouba massif, is a biodiversity hotspot with 2,412 species of animals and plants. Of these, 82 animal species are endemic to the area, with 123 species in the region only known from Mount Kupe. 232 species are critically endangered in the region. Of the primates in the region, the mandrill ( Mandrillus sphinx ), drill ( Mandrillus leucophaeus ) and the common chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ) occur. Other large mammals include populations of the great otter shrew ( Potamogale velox ) and the African forest elephant ( Loxodonta cyclotis ). Many first descriptions of animal and plant species are known from the field of Bakossi Mountains, the first described in 2000 and to the family of arthroleptidae belonging Leptodactylodon wildi .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Conservation Wildlife (English)
- ↑ MARTIN CHEEK, BENEDICT JOHN POLLARD, IAIN DARBYSHIRE, AND JEAN-MICHEL ONANA Plants of Kupe, Mwanenguba and the Bakossi Mountains, Cameroon: a conservation checklist (English) ISBN 978-1842460740
- ↑ Use of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew's Herbarium Collection (PDF document; 43 kB) (English)
- ↑ Birding Information on Bakossi.Org ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Nguedem Sylvie Fonkwo, Tsi Evaristus Angwafo and Mpoame Mbida Abundance and distribution of large mammals in the Bakossi landscape area, Cameroon (PDF document; 1.5 MB) (English)
- ↑ Birdlife Factsheet CM022 Bakossi mountains (English)
- ↑ Chris Wild, Bethan J. Morgan, Alan Dixson: Conservation of Drill Populations in Bakossiland, Cameroon: Historical Trends and Current Status (English)
- ↑ Leptodactylodon wildi on IUCN redlist (English)
