Liberia has two distinct topography: the Nimba Mountains and the Grand Cape Mount County. First of all, the Nimba Mountains extend along the borders of Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Liberia in West Africa. The Nimba Mountains extend from the southwest to the east, with the highest peak being Mount Nimba from the southwest to the east, and the highest peak is Mount Nimba at 1,752 m above sea level. It is surrounded by low-lying rainforests to the south and savannahs to the north, which are dotted with long grass and shrubbery, and is a very different environment from the surrounding area, which is a step area where short grasses grow. Because it is a high peak in the tropical region, pastures are spread on the steep top, and the savannah's dense forest is located below. From the jungle around the mountain to the grasslands on the top of the mountain, you can see the habitat of animals and plants according to the level. Perhaps this is why the Nimba Mountains are growing over 2,000 plant species and 500 animal species. Among them, 16 plant species and 200 animal species are rare species that can only be found in the Nimba Mountains.
Next is Grand Cape Mount County. It has a name for 'the cape of a mountain' in French. This is because it is a protruding terrain on Liberia's flat coastline where mountains and coasts meet. While the area's mountainous terrain meets the sea directly and shows the characteristics of the rocky terrain, around the Cape, you can see the typical tropical coastal terrain with dunes and shallow beach slopes.
This raises questions about how the Nimba Mountains came about. I would like to delve deeper into whether it was the influence of the Alps and the Himalayan midwifery or the boundary of another plate. I would also like to explore what animals can only inhabit the Nimba Mountains, what are they similar to those that exist in the Nimba Mountains and other topography, and why they can exist only in the Nimba Mountains.
