Guinea - Cultural Landscape of Nimba Mountains

The Nimba Mountains are a chain consisting of the ensemble Richard Mollard (1752m), Sempere (1650m), Pierre Richard (1611), Leclerc (1568m) the Monts Genies (1531m). This chain occupies the extreme southern tip of eastern Guinea, in the prefecture of Lola. The Nimba Mountains are an important element of the ensemble of reliefs of the Guinean Ridge, within which it forms a line of about 50 kilometers. The Nimba Mountains chain is oriented south-west, north-east and is originally located at three (3) nivealax: the forest separating the savannah from the highland meadow. With Line area of ​​145,500 hectares, the area of ​​the Nimba Mountains presents Line structure that includes? Three (3) core areas (Nimba, Bossu and Dere Mountains); ? One (1) buffer zone ? One (1) transition. These three subsets of the Nimba Mountains are understood and defined in the context of a unit. We then observe the functional relationship between these constituent elements, a relationship that establishes the integrity of the Site.