Crystal Mountains (''Monts de Cristal'') is a group of low mountains (or hills, as all peaks are below 1,000m) inland of the Atlantic coast of
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
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Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...
, the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
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Angola
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. It is the edge of the interior
Woleu-Ntem Plateau against the coastal lowland which has a steep descent deeply cut by streams and waterfalls.
Part of the area is preserved in Gabon as the
Crystal Mountains National Park
Crystal Mountains National Park (french: Parc National des Monts de Cristal) is a twin park and one of the 13 national parks of Gabon. It is situated in the Monts de Crystal on the western edge of the Woleu-Ntem Plateau, between Equatorial Gui ...
. Mont Mbilan is the highest point (about 925m) in the park. Seni Mont (611m) receives the highest rainfall in all of Gabon (350 cm/year).
Fauna
Two species of frogs, ''
Leptopelis crystallinoron'' and ''
Leptodactylodon stevarti'', are only known from the Crystal Mountains.
References
Mountain ranges of Equatorial Guinea
Mountain ranges of Gabon
Mountain ranges of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mountain ranges of the Republic of the Congo
Mountain ranges of Angola
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