Life in the Great Wetlands

Gabon: Loango (1x1)

Exibido em:: Out 20, 2014

The flooded zones of the Loango National Park in Gabon form an extraordinary mosaic and a complex of deeply interconnected biotopes. A particularly rare ensemble where the beaches, prairies, lagoons and forests juxtapose and interlock. Its exceptional character is accentuated by the fact that this great wetland area has remained intact. Humans have never taken up residence here. At Loango, the water cycle controls the entirety of plant and animal life. Elephants, hippopotamuses, gorillas and other species that live in the park must adapt to periods when water invades everything and to those when it is scarce. Subject to its whims, they’ve had to get used to an itinerant lifestyle in order to survive.