The Lower Guinean forests is region of coastal tropical moist broadleaf forest in West Africa, extending along the eastern coast of the Gulf of Guinea from eastern Benin through Nigeria and Cameroon.
The Dahomey Gap, a region of savanna and dry forest in Togo and Benin, divides the Lower Guinean forests from the Upper Guinean forests to the west, which extend along the western coast of the Gulf of Guinea from Togo to Liberia and north to Guinea.
To the north and northeast, the Lower Guinean forests transition to the drier inland Guinean forest-savanna mosaic and Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic and to the south by the Congolian Coastal forests. To the east, the Lower Guinean forests adjoin the vast Coastal Congolian forests of the Congo Basin, and to the southeast, the Lower Guinean forests are bounded by the Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic.
The Lower Guinean forests share many biotic affinities with both the Upper Guinean forests. They are collectively known as the Guinean Forests of West Africa.
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