Kasewe Forest Reserve

Kasewe Forest Reserve is an area of hills in the Moyamba District of Sierra Leone . It is designated as a forest reserve and contains moist semi-deciduous and evergreen forests that cover an area of 1.224 km². [ [http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/wdbpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=303923&level=nat "World Database on Protected Areas: Site Information"] , UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, retrieved on 10 January 2008] [ [http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/6426/en/sle/page.jsp "Broadleaved forests"] Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, 10 January 2008] Made up of volcanic rock the hills stand about 500m above the interior plains of the country. [D. J. Bowden, [http://sp.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/120/1/295 "The geochemistry and development of lateritized footslope benches: The Kasewe Hills, Sierra Leone"] , Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 120, p. 295-305 (1997), retrieved on 10 January 2008] [Jennifer Lytwyna, Kevin Burkea and Stephen Culver, [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VDT-4M3BGYN-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=844e073b2ccc07b76ee17fd8e2a585c6, "The nature and location of the suture zone in the Rokelide orogen, Sierra Leone: Geochemical evidence"] , Journal of African Earth SciencesVolume 46, Issue 5, December 2006, Pages 439-454, retrieved on 10 January 2008] The nearest town is Lunsar.

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Protected areas of Sierra Leone