Crystal Mountains (Africa)

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| native_name = {{Native name|fr|Monts de Cristal}}

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| location = Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola

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Crystal Mountains (Monts de Cristal) is a group of low mountains (or hills, as all peaks are below {{convert|1,000|m|ft|-2|disp=or}}) inland of the Atlantic coast of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola. It is the edge of the interior Woleu-Ntem Plateau against the coastal lowland which has a steep descent deeply cut by streams and waterfalls.{{cite book |url=http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/curators/pdf/NkolMadouaka.pdf |title=The biodiversity of Nkol Madouaka |author1=Leal, M.E. |author2=Stevart, T. |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |year=2007}}

Part of the area is preserved in Gabon as the Crystal Mountains National Park. Mont Mbilan is the highest point (about {{convert|925|m|ft|-1|disp=or}}) in the park. Seni Mont ({{convert|611|m|ft|0|disp=or}}) receives the highest rainfall in all of Gabon ({{convert|350|cm|in|-1|disp=or}} per year).{{cite web|url=http://www.gabon-services.com/les-parcs-nationaux/les-13-parcs-nationaux/le-parc-national-des-monts-de-cristal|title=Le Parc National des Monts de Cristal | Gabon des services|publisher=gabon-services.com|accessdate=2014-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107020721/http://www.gabon-services.com/les-parcs-nationaux/les-13-parcs-nationaux/le-parc-national-des-monts-de-cristal|archive-date=2014-01-07|url-status=usurped}}

Fauna

Two species of frogs, Leptopelis crystallinoron and Leptodactylodon stevarti, are only known from the Crystal Mountains.{{cite journal | author = IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group | title = Leptodactylodon stevarti | journal = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume= 2017 | page = e.T54438A96312311 | year = 2017 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T54438A96312311.en | doi-access = free }}{{Cite journal | author = Rödel, M.-O. | author2 = Pauwels, O. | author3 = Lötters, S. |name-list-style=amp | title = Leptopelis crystallinoron | journal = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2006 | page = e.T61799A12549978 | date = 2006 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61799A12549978.en | doi-access = free }}

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