- Monts du Toura
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The Monts du Toura, also known as the Toura Mountains, are a range of mountains rising to 1300 metres in elevation, extending westward across Côte d’Ivoire from the Sassandra River to the border with Liberia and Guinea. Mont Nimba, at the western end of the range, reaches 1,752 meters.[1]
The Mont Sangbé National Park, one of the world's principal national parks[2], covering an area of 95,000 ha (950 sq km/360 sq m) north of Man and west of the Sassandra, between Biankouman and Touba, is located entirely within the Toura mountains (including 14 peaks over 1000 m). The park is very densely vegetated savanna woodland with wildlife populations of elephants, buffaloes, warthog, antelopes and monkeys.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Library of Congress Country Studies - Ivory Coast, accessed 25 December 2010.
- ^ a b Encyclopaedia Britannica at Universitat de Valencia, accessed 25 December 2010
External links
- Language, Gender and Sustainability Project Toura Map, accessed 25 December 2010.
Categories:- Mountains of Côte d'Ivoire
- Bas-Sassandra Region
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