Forest Zone

In West Africa, the forest zone refers to the southern part of the region once covered by tropical rainforest. Sometimes this region is referred to as Guinea to distinguish it from the grassland-covered Sudan, drier Sahel and perarid Sahara.

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Famous quotes containing the words forest and/or zone:

    ““I am as brown as brown can be,
    And my eyes as black as sloe;
    I am as brisk as brisk can be,
    And wild as forest doe.”
    —Unknown. The Brown Girl (l. 1–4)

    “The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.”
    —Italo Calvino (1923–1985)