Eastern Guinean forests
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The '''Eastern Guinean forests''' are a [[tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests|tropical moist broadleaf forest]] [[ecoregion]] of [[West Africa]]. The ecoregion includes the lowland forests extending from the [[Gulf of Guinea]] a few hundred kilometers inland, from western [[Côte d'Ivoire]] to the western shore of [[Lake Volta]] in [[Ghana]]. A few small enclaves lie further east and inland in [[Togo]] and [[Benin]]. The [[Sassandra River]] of Côte d'Ivoire separates the Eastern Guinean forests from the [[Western Guinean forests]] which lie to the west. Inland and to the east, the Eastern Guinean forests transition to the [[Guinean forest-savanna mosaic]].
The Eastern Guinean forests, together with the other tropical moist broadleaf forests of West Africa, is included within [[Conservation International]]'s [[Guinean Forests of West Africa]] [[biodiversity hotspot]].
==Sources==
*[http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/west_africa/ Guinean Forests of West Africa (Conservation International)]
*[http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0111_full.html Eastern Guinean forests (World Wildlife Fund)]
*[http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/ImageCache/Hotspots/content/west_5fafrica_2d13/ci_5fmap13_2epdf/v1/ci_5fmap13.pdf Map of the Guinean Forests of West Africa (Conservation International)] ([[Portable Document Format|PDF]] file)
[[Category:Afrotropic]]
[[Category:Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests]]
[[Category:Geography of Ghana]]
[[Category:Geography of Côte d'Ivoire]]
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