08/06/2020
June 8 - world ocean day
The Mangrove Marine Park includes all the beaches of the coast of the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as a 2 km strip of the Atlantic Ocean going from the edge to the open sea. Thus, the 38 km of coast to which are added the 6 km of the mouth of the Congo river belonging to the country, represents a protected marine area of 88 km2 or 8,800 ha. The depth of this 2 km strip never exceeds 10 meters, except at the southern level of the mouth where the gouf (underwater canyon) of the Congo River already reaches almost 500 meters deep.
This marine part included in the whole park fully justifies the name assigned to this protected area: "Mangrove Marine Park".
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