Lower Guinea Explained

Lower Guinea may refer to:

• Maritime Guinea, the coastal region of the republic of Guinea.^[1]
• in biogeography, a region of coastal tropical forests stretching along the Gulf of Guinea, from Ghana through Benin, Togo, Nigeria, and Cameroon. It is separated from Upper Guinea by the drier Dahomey Gap.^[2]

See also

• Lower Guinean forests
• Middle Guinea
• Upper Guinea

Notes and References

1. http://www.britannica.com/place/Guinea "Guinea"
2. "Guinean Forests of West Africa." Conservation International. Accessed 2 October 2015. http://www.cepf.net/resources/hotspots/africa/Pages/Guinean-Forests-of-West-Africa.aspx