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The Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda.
Author(s) -
Moore Peter D.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.452
H-Index - 181
eISSN - 1365-2745
pISSN - 0022-0477
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00447-4.x
Subject(s) - national park , geography , glacier , tourism , glacial period , physical geography , archaeology , geology , geomorphology
RWENZORI MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK UGANDA The Rwenzori Mountains in southwestern Uganda are steep, rugged and well watered, rising high above dry plains and are ice-capped despite being nearly on the Equator. The Park covers most of the centre and eastern half of the range. It includes Africa's third, fourth and fifth highest peaks in an alpine highland of glaciers, snowfields and lakes which make it one of Africa's most beautiful mountain parks. It protects five distinct vegetation zones, several endangered species and the richest montane flora in Africa, a very unusual cloud forest of giant heathers, groundsels and lobelias, which has been called Africa‟s botanic big game.