Duba tsatso na Mangroves na Afirka ta Tsakiya

[[File:Singes_de_la_r%C3%A9serve_de_faune_de_Douala_-_Edea_11.jpg  |thumb|Wani wuri a yankin ]] 
Yankin '''mangrove na [[Afirka]] ta Tsakiya''' ya ƙunshi mafi girman yanki na mangrove a Afirka, wanda ke kan iyakar Afirka ta Yamma, galibi a [[Najeriya]].

== Wurin da bayanin ==
Wadannan mangroves suna samuwa a cikin koguna masu kyau da lagoons kuma suna dauke da bishiyoyi har zuwa 45m tsawo. Yawancin suna cikin Najeriya, tare da mahimman yankuna [[Kamaru]] da [[Gini Ikwatoriya|Equatorial Guinea]] / [[Gabon]] da kuma patches a [[Ghana]], [[Jamhuriyar Dimokuraɗiyyar Kwango|Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo]], da arewacin [[Angola]]. Yankin da ya fi girma a yankin yana kan [[Neja (kogi)|Kogin Neja]] a kan [[Tekun Guinea]], yayin da wasu suka hada da gabashin [[Kogin Cross River (Najeriya)|Kogin Cross]] a Najeriya da Kamaru, Kogin Wouri a Kamaru, da [[Kogin Muni]] a kan iyakar Equatorial Guinea da Gabon, da bakin [[Kogin Congo|Kogin Kongo]]. Kazalika da kasancewa gida ga yawancin namun daji mangroves suna riƙe da koguna a wurin, tace ruwa kuma suna ƙirƙirar haɓaka ƙasa mai wadataccen abinci a kan bankunan. Mangroves suna bunƙasa a yanayin zafi mai zafi inda teku ke da dumi, kuma inda manyan raƙuman ruwa ke shiga cikin koguna. Sabili da haka, akwai ƙasa a bakin tekun Kongo, inda Benguela Current ya kawo teku mai sanyi, amma akwai wurare a nan da kudu a Angola.

== Tsire-tsire ==
Akwai manyan nau'o'in bishiyoyin mangrove guda biyar a cikin yankin: ja mangrove (''Rhizophora mangle''), ''Rhizophora racemosa'', da ''Rhizophora harrisonii'', baƙar fata mangrove, da fararen mangrove.

== Dabbobi ==
Al'ummomin da ke da wadata na oysters, crabs, invertebrates da kuma nau'ikan kifi da yawa a cikin mangroves suna ci gaba da rayuwar dabbobi ciki har da birai, Manatee na Afirka (''Trichechus senegalensis''), da tururuwa kamar tururuwa mai laushi na Afirka (Matuba mai laushi). Tsuntsaye sun haɗa da tsuntsayen ruwa masu kiwo kamar su striated heron da [[Chaga|reed cormorant]] da manyan garken wasu yayin ƙaura.

== Ayyukan da suka shafi mangrove ==
Misali na ayyukan mangrove da suka shafi ayyuka sun haɗa da tsari, na wucin gadi, al'adu da tallafi.

== Barazanar da adanawa ==
Najeriya ita ce ƙasa mafi yawan jama'a a Afirka, wanda ke sanya damuwa a kan mafi yawan sauran yankuna na waɗannan wuraren da ke bakin teku. An share abubuwa da yawa don ci gaban birane da masana'antu, kamar su masu tsabtace mai na Neja Delta wanda kuma ya sa koguna da maras kyau su gurɓata.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 August 2008 |title=The Niger Delta: The curse of the black gold |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/the-niger-delta-the-curse-of-the-black-gold-882384.html}}</ref> Yankunan birane a cikin yankunan mangrove na asali sun haɗa da [[Lagos (birni)|Legas]] a Najeriya da Douala a Kamaru. Sauran nau'ikan a yankin sun haɗa da izinin gishiri da aikin gona. Koyaya mangrove wuri ne mai ɗorewa kuma ƙananan tarin mangrove sun kasance a ware a duk bakin tekun yamma da tsakiyar Afirka.

19.86% na mangroves na Afirka ta Tsakiya suna cikin wuraren da aka kiyaye. Yankunan da aka kare na kasa sun hada da Gidan shakatawa na Douala Edéa a Kamaru, Gidan shakatawa na Monte Alén a Equatorial Guinea, Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na [[Wurin shakatawa na Kasa, Akanda|Akanda]] da [[Pongara National Park|Pongara]] a Gabon, da Gidan wasan Mangroves a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo. Akwai wurare da yawa na Ramsar (yanayin da aka tsara a duniya na muhimmancin duniya) ciki har da lagoons na Songor da Keta a Ghana.<ref name="dopa">[https://dopa-explorer.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ecoregion/31401 "Central African mangroves". DOPA Explorer. Accessed 8 November 2021]</ref>

== Haɗin waje ==

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