Map of Ituri within the DRC

The Ituri Rainforest is located in the Ituri region of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Ituri Rainforest is about 63,000 square kilometres in area, and is located between 0° and 3°N and 27° and 30° E. Elevation in the Ituri ranges from about 700 m to 1000 m. The average temperature is 31° C (88° F) and the average humidity is about 85% (Wilkie 1987).^[1] About one-fifth of the rainforest is made up of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, a World Heritage Site. It is also the home of the Mbuti pygmies, one of the hunter-gatherer peoples living in equatorial rainforests characterised by their short height (below one and a half metres, or 59 inches, on average). They were the subject of a study by Colin Turnbull, The Forest People, in 1962. Image File history File links Région_Ituri_République_démocratique_du_Congo. ... Image File history File links Région_Ituri_République_démocratique_du_Congo. ... Ituri is a region located in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ... The Democratic Republic of the Congo, called Zaïre between 1971 and 1997, is a nation in central Africa. ... Ituri is a region located in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ... The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland, Australia. ... The Okapi Wildlife Reserve is a World Heritage Site in the Ituri Forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the borders with Sudan and Uganda. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... // Overview The Mbuti are one of several indigenous hunter-gatherer groups in the Congo region of Africa. ... Member of any human group whose adult males grow to less than 59 in. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Colin Macmillan Turnbull (November 23, 1924 - July 28, 1994) was a prominent British anthropologist who gained fame with his book The Forest People (1962), a detailed study of the Mbuti Pygmies. ...

The Ituri Rainforest was first traversed by Europeans in 1887 by Henry Morton Stanley on his Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Sir Henry Morton Stanley (also known as Bula Matari (Breaker of Rocks) in Congo), born John Rowlands (January 28, 1841 – May 10, 1904), was a 19th-century Welsh-born American journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone. ... The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886 to 1889 was the last major European expedition into the interior of Africa in the 19th century, ostensibly to the relief of Emin Pasha, General Charles Gordons besieged governor of Equatoria, threatened by Mahdist forces. ...

Notes

1. ^ Wilkie, David. S. 1987. Impact of Swidden Agriculture and Subsistence Hunting on Diversity and Abundance of Exploited Fauna in the Ituri Forest of Northeastern Zaire. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts.

carp this is! It's like cow dung!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

External links

• Osfac
• Ituri Rainforest people - Pygmies Culture of the African rainforest people, with photos of nature and animals