Mount Nimba
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Côte d’Ivoire
- In Côte d’Ivoire: Relief
…mountain ranges, whose highest point, Mount Nimba (5,748 feet [1,752 metres]; see also Nimba Range), is situated in the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1982), where the borders of the three countries meet.
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Guinea
- In Guinea: Relief
Mount Nimba (5,748 feet [1,752 metres]), the highest mountain in the region, is located at the borders of Guinea, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire. The mountain’s densely forested slopes are part of the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, which has significant portions in Guinea. The Guinean…
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Guinea Highlands
- In Guinea Highlands
…point in the range is Mount Nimba, 5,748 feet (1,752 metres). Other mountain ranges on the plateau are in Sierra Leone, where the highest peaks are found: Mount Loma Mansa (Bintimani), 6,391 feet (1,948 metres), in the Loma Mountains and Sankanbiriwa, 6,080 feet (1,853 metres), in the Tingi Mountains.
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Nimba Range
- In Nimba Range
…reaches its highest elevation at Mount Nimba (5,748 feet [1,752 metres]). Surrounded by lowland rain forest to the south and savanna to the north, the mountains are the source of the Nuon (Nipoué, Cestos) and Cavalla rivers, which form the Liberia–Côte d’Ivoire boundary. All three countries have set aside nature…
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