Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic

Forest and savanna ecoregion of Central Africa

The Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic is a forest and savanna ecoregion of central Africa. It extends east and west across central Africa, covering parts of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, and Uganda. It is part of the belt of transitional forest savanna mosaic that lie between Africa's moist equatorial Guineo Congolian forests and the tropical dry forests, savannas, and grasslands to the north and south.

The Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic lies between the equatorial Congolian forests to the south and the drier East Sudanian savanna to the north. It extends from the Cameroon Highlands in the west, across central Cameroon and the southern Central African Republic to southwestern South Sudan and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is bounded on the east by flooded grasslands of the Sudd, the eastern block of the East Sudanian savanna, and the Albertine Rift montane forests. The ecoregion lies on a dissected plateau composed of ancient precambrian rocks. Elevations range from 500 to 700 meters. The western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) once ranged across the ecoregion, but is now thought to be extinct. The northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) once inhabited the eastern portion of the ecoregion, but is now extinct in the wild. Near endemic mammals include Pousargues's mongoose (Dologale dybowskii), which also inhabits the Victoria Basin forest–savanna mosaic to the east, and the ochre mole rat (Fukomys ochraceocinereus).