"Mountains of the Moon (Africa) Mountains of the Moon (Latin: ""Montes Lunae"", Arabic: ""Jibbel el Kumri"") is an ancient term referring to a legendary mountain or mountain range in east Africa at the source of the Nile River. Various identifications have been made in modern times, the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda being the most celebrated. People of the ancient world were long curious about the source of the Nile, especially Ancient Greek geographers. A number of expeditions up the Nile failed to find the source. Eventually, a merchant named Diogenes reported that he had traveled inland from Rhapta in East"
"Rwenzori Mountains The Rwenzori Mountains, previously called the ""Ruwenzori Range"" (spelling changed around 1980 to conform more closely with the local name ""Rwenjura""), is a mountain range of eastern equatorial Africa, located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These mountains support glaciers and are one source of the river Nile. The Rwenzori Mountains reach heights up to . The highest Rwenzori peaks are permanently snow-capped. The Rwenzori Mountains National Park and Virunga National Park are located in the range. The mountains formed about three million years ago in the late Pliocene epoch and"
"had to be approved by the British Protectorate of Uganda who ruled the region at that time. The people living on the mountains call the 'Rwenzori', which means 'rain maker' or 'rain mountains' in the Bakonjo language. The Baganda, who could see the mountains from far, used to call them 'Gambaragara', which means 'My Eyes Pain', a reference to the shining snow. The Bakonjo had their own names for the peaks in the Rwenzori range, however, as they had never climbed them, it was difficult to clarify which peak was which. For example, they had names for the three main"
"concern is the impact of climate change on Rwenzori's glaciers. In 1906, the Rwenzori had 43 named glaciers distributed over six mountains with a total area of , about half the total glacier area in Africa. By 2005, less than half of these were still present, on only three mountains, with an area of about . Recent scientific studies, such as those by Richard Taylor of University College London, have attributed this retreat to global climate change and have investigated the impact of this change on the mountain's vegetation and biodiversity. Rwenzori Mountains The Rwenzori Mountains, previously called the ""Ruwenzori"
"Renosterveld Renosterveld is a term used for one of the major plant communities and vegetation types of the Cape Floristic Region (Cape Floral Kingdom) which is located in southwestern and southeastern South Africa, in southernmost Africa. It is an ecoregion of the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. Renosterveld directly translated in the Afrikaans language means ""rhinoceros-field"", a possible reference to the high number of rhinoceroses seen by the Afrikaner settlers at the time. It may also derive its name from the renosterbos (""rhinoceros bush - ""Elytropappus rhinocerotis""), which is a common species of shrub found here. The dull grey"
"it does not produce flowers there. The names for the giant groundsels have become somewhat confusing: Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii one of the East African giant groundsel and this one can be found on the Rwenzori Mountains, Virunga Mountains and the Mitumba Mountains. A species of the genus ""Dendrosenecio"" and is also a collection of reclassified ""Senecio"" species. ""Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii"" grows to 6 meters tall. The old leaves drop off and leave a very slender stem. Flower heads have very prominent yellow ray flowers. ""Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii"" is found more on sloping, better-drained soils on the Rwenzori Range, Virunga Mountains and"
"the mountain seems to have been (and currently is) ""Kiyanja"". On his June 1891 expedition into the Ruwenzori, Franz Stuhlmann observed the peak and named it either ""Semper"" or ""Ngemwimbi"". Abruzzi renamed the mountain after Samuel Baker, a 19th-century British explorer who in 1864 was the first European to sight and visit Lake Albert, just northeast of the Ruwenzori Mountains, and who had reported to glimpse ""great mountainous masses away in the distance, to the south of Lake Albert."" Mount Baker (Uganda) Mount Baker or Kiyanja is a mountain in the Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda, from the border"
"areas of renosterveld in the Western Cape. For more information go to: Renosterveld Renosterveld is a term used for one of the major plant communities and vegetation types of the Cape Floristic Region (Cape Floral Kingdom) which is located in southwestern and southeastern South Africa, in southernmost Africa. It is an ecoregion of the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. Renosterveld directly translated in the Afrikaans language means ""rhinoceros-field"", a possible reference to the high number of rhinoceroses seen by the Afrikaner settlers at the time. It may also derive its name from the renosterbos (""rhinoceros bush - ""Elytropappus rhinocerotis""),"
"Rwenzori Mountains National Park Rwenzori Mountains National Park is a Ugandan national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Rwenzori Mountains. Almost in size, the park has Africa's third highest mountain peak and many waterfalls, lakes, and glaciers. The park is known for its beautiful plant life. Rwenzori Mountains National Park was established in 1991. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994 because of its outstanding natural beauty. Rebel militias occupied the Rwenzori Mountains from 1997 to June 2001. The park was inscribed on UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger between 1999 and 2004"
"Amietia ruwenzorica Amietia ruwenzorica (Ruwenzori Range frog or Ruwenzori river frog) is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is found in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda, including the eponymous Rwenzori Mountains on the Uganda/DRC border as well as Kabobo Plateau and Itombwe Mountains in DRC. Adult males can grow to and adult females to in snout–vent length. The toes are partially webbed. Skin is smooth in females and spiny in males. The supratympanic fold is nearly straight. The dorsolateral ridges are narrow and distinct. The dorsum is pale tan with irregular small"
"Eastern Rift mountains The East African mountains are a mountain region in the African Great Lakes, within Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. The mountains are related to the East African Rift, and are in two chains, the Western Rift includes the Virunga Mountains, Mitumba Mountains, and the Rwenzori Range, while the mountains to the east include the largest peaks in Africa: the snow-covered Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895m, 19,340 ft), and Mount Kenya (5,199m, 17,058 ft). Other mountains in the Eastern Rift area include Mount Elgon in Kenya and Uganda. All but the Ruwenzori are of"
"Rwenzori hill babbler The Rwenzori hill babbler (""Pseudoalcippe atriceps"") is a species of passerine bird in the family Sylviidae that is found in Africa. The Rwenzori hill babbler was described by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1902 and given the binomial name ""Turdinus atriceps"". The type locality is the Rwenzori Mountains on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The specific epithet ""atriceps"" is from the Latin ""ater"" for ""black"" and ""-ceps"" for ""capped"" or ""headed"". The Rwenzori hill babbler was formerly considered to be a conspecific with the African hill babbler. The species"
"is monotypic. Rwenzori hill babbler The Rwenzori hill babbler (""Pseudoalcippe atriceps"") is a species of passerine bird in the family Sylviidae that is found in Africa. The Rwenzori hill babbler was described by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1902 and given the binomial name ""Turdinus atriceps"". The type locality is the Rwenzori Mountains on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The specific epithet ""atriceps"" is from the Latin ""ater"" for ""black"" and ""-ceps"" for ""capped"" or ""headed"". The Rwenzori hill babbler was formerly considered to be a conspecific with the African hill babbler."
"peaks: Kiyanja, Duwoni and Ingomwimbi. The fact is that for the Bakonjo the high Rwenzori is the home of Kitasamba, the god who resides at the high altitudes and cannot be accessed. Early European explorers visited the region in the search for the source of the Nile. This mountain was named after John Speke. While he never climbed this peak, Speke mapped the source of the White Nile in 1862. All the mountain in this region are named after similar early explorers. When Duke of the Abruzzi climbed this summit, he climbed all the other peaks in the Rwenzori range."
"Rwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands The Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion of central Africa. The ecoregion lies above 3000 meters elevation, and is divided into two areas: the Rwenzori Mountains on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the volcanic Virunga Mountains to the south, where the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda meet. It is surrounded at lower elevations by the Albertine Rift montane forests ecoregion. The Afroalpine flora of the higher altitudes have much in common with the East African montane moorlands of Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and"
"Rwenzururu Rwenzururu is a subnational kingdom in western Uganda, located in the Rwenzori Mountains on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The kingdom includes the districts of Bundibugyo, Kasese and Ntoroko. Rwenzururu is also the name given to the region the kingdom is located in. The Rwenzururu region is inhabited by the Konjo and Amba peoples. In the early 20th century, these two tribes were integrated into the Kingdom of Toro as a political maneuver by the British colonialists: the neighboring Bunyoro monarchy was anti-colonialist and the British wished to strengthen the pro-British Toro. The Bakonjo and"
"Mount Stanley Mount Stanley is a mountain located in the Rwenzori range. With an elevation of 5,109 m (16,763 ft), it is the highest mountain of both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, and the third highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) and Mount Kenya (5,199 m). The peak and several other surrounding peaks are high enough to support glaciers. Mount Stanley is named for the journalist and explorer, Sir Henry Morton Stanley. It is part of the Rwenzori Mountains National Park, a UNESCO world Heritage Site. Mt. Stanley consists of two twin summits and several lower"
"because of insecurity and a lack of resources in the park. Rwenzori Mountains National Park is located in south-western Uganda on the east side of the western (Albertine) African rift valley. It lies along Uganda's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and borders the DRC's Virunga National Park, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for . It is situated in the Bundibugyo, Kabarole, and Kasese districts, from the small town of Kasese. It is in size, 70 percent of which exceeds an altitude of . The park is long and wide. The park includes most of the"
"Ruwenzori colobus The Ruwenzori colobus (""Colobus angolensis ruwenzori""), also known as Ruwenzori black-and-white colobus, is a subspecies of the Angola colobus. This primate is distributed from the Afromontane forests of the Ruwenzori Mountains across the mountains in Burundi and Rwanda to the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika. In 1901, Oldfield Thomas described two skins of Ruwenzori colobus zoological specimens that were collected at the northwestern slopes of the Ruwenzori Mountains in Bwamba Country of western Uganda. Thomas considered it a species using the scientific name ""Colobus ruwenzorii"". The Ruwenzori colobus is black with hair on the shoulders between long. Its"
"Rift Valley - home of the Songora - remains largely unexplored, although it appears to contain important fossils. The lack of exploration has been caused by the high level of war and civil conflict in the region. Songora The Songora or Shongora (""pl."" Basongora, ""sing."" Musongora) also known as ""Bacwezi"", ""Chwezi"", ""Huma"" or ""Bahuma"") are a traditionally a pastoralist people of the Great Lakes region of Central Africa located in Western Uganda and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They have distinctive customs and speak 'Rusongora' an African language that is originates from Proto-Kordofanian and is similar to Runyankole and"
"or ""ngwabuzito"" in Ganda, ""uMkakase"" in Xhosa, ""inyazangoma-elimnyama"" or ""umdumezulu"" in Zulu, Tendwet in Nandi (Kalenjin) and ""rooi-stinkhout"" in Afrikaans. A 1994/1995 study published in 1997 by Marchant and Taylor did a pollen analysis on and radiocarbon-dated two core samples from montane Mubindi Swamp in Uganda. The swamp is a catchment at 2100 m altitude between mountain ridges. It is a ""moist lower montane forest"" in Bwindi Forest National Park. The investigators found montane ""Prunus"", represented by currently growing ""P. africana"", has been in the catchment continuously since their Pollen Zone MB6.1, dated about 43000–33000 years ago. Prunus africana Prunus"
"centre and eastern half of the Rwenzori Mountains, a mountain range rising above dry plains located just north of the equator. Those mountains are higher than the Alps and are ice-capped. Mount Stanley is located in the park. Margherita Peak, one of Mount Stanley's twin summits, is Africa's third highest peak with a height of . Africa's fourth and fifth highest peaks (Mount Speke and Mount Baker) are also located in the park. The park has glaciers, snowfields, waterfalls, and lakes and is one of Africa's most beautiful mountain areas. The park has many species that are endemic to the"
"hundred animals. Ruwenzori colobus The Ruwenzori colobus (""Colobus angolensis ruwenzori""), also known as Ruwenzori black-and-white colobus, is a subspecies of the Angola colobus. This primate is distributed from the Afromontane forests of the Ruwenzori Mountains across the mountains in Burundi and Rwanda to the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika. In 1901, Oldfield Thomas described two skins of Ruwenzori colobus zoological specimens that were collected at the northwestern slopes of the Ruwenzori Mountains in Bwamba Country of western Uganda. Thomas considered it a species using the scientific name ""Colobus ruwenzorii"". The Ruwenzori colobus is black with hair on the shoulders between"
"traverse was done by Polish climbers Janusz Chalecki, Stanisław Cholewa and Leszek Czarnecki, with Mirosław Kuraś accompanying them on the last half of the traverse. The Rwenzori Mountains are known for their vegetation, ranging from tropical rainforest through alpine meadows to snow. The range supports its own species and varieties of giant groundsel and giant lobelia and even has a tall heather covered in moss that lives on one of its peaks. Most of the range is now a World Heritage Site and is covered jointly by the Rwenzori Mountains National Park in south-western Uganda and the Virunga National Park"
"Ruhengeri Ruhengeri is a city and capital of Musanze District in the Northern Province of Rwanda. Some sources now refer to the city itself as Musanze, after the district in which it lies. This has to do with the adopted policy of renaming Rwanda cities, which was done to eliminate terrible memories of the past and to install new administrational infrastructure in the country. Ruhengeri (Musanze) lies near the twin lakes of Lake Burera and Lake Ruhondo and is the gateway city to Volcanoes National Park and the famous mountain gorillas in the north-western part of the country. Ruhengeri's proximity"
"Kirimiri Kîrîmîri Forest Is an area dominated by tree vegetation in the Mukuuri locality of Runyenjes, Embu, in the country of Kenya. It is recognised as an Ecologically Sensitive Site in Africa by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. There are a variety of rare indigenous and medicinal trees that continue to face the threat of deforestation. Its center lies at a latitude of -0.41667 and longitude of 37.55 and it has an elevation of 1520 meters above sea level. The predominant languages spoken are Kiembu, Swahili, and English. The Hill is culturally famous as a hideout for Mau"
"in East Africa, the Andes of South America and New Guinea. The retreat of equatorial glaciers has been documented via maps and photographs covering the period from the late 1800s to nearly the present. 99.64% of tropical glaciers are in Andean mountains of South America, 0.25% on the African glaciers of Rwenzori, Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro, and 0.11% in the Irian Jaya region in New Guinea. Almost all Africa is in tropical and subtropical climate zones. Its glaciers are found only in two isolated ranges and the Ruwenzori Range. Kilimanjaro, at , is the highest peak on the continent. Since"
"Kilimanjaro lies Mount Kenya, which at is the second tallest mountain on the continent. Mount Kenya has a number of small glaciers that have lost at least 45% of their mass since the middle of the 20th century. According to research compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), there were eighteen glaciers atop Mount Kenya in 1900, and by 1986 only eleven remained. The total area covered by glaciers was in 1900, however by the year 2000 only about 25%, or remained. To the west of Mounts Kilimanjaro and Kenya, the Ruwenzori Range rises to . Photographic evidence indicates a"
"as Omusinga Irema-Ngoma I. Three contenders for the throne criticized the government's recognition of Mumbere as Omusinga. Rwenzururu Rwenzururu is a subnational kingdom in western Uganda, located in the Rwenzori Mountains on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The kingdom includes the districts of Bundibugyo, Kasese and Ntoroko. Rwenzururu is also the name given to the region the kingdom is located in. The Rwenzururu region is inhabited by the Konjo and Amba peoples. In the early 20th century, these two tribes were integrated into the Kingdom of Toro as a political maneuver by the British colonialists: the"
"Mount Speke Mount Speke lies in the Ruwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda and is the second highest mountain in this range. Together with Mount Stanley and Mount Baker, it forms a triangle enclosing the upper Bujuku Valley. The nearest peak is Mount Stanley, which is to the south-southwest. The mountains lie within an area called 'The Mountains of the Moon'. All mountains in this range consist of multiple jagged peaks. Mount Speke's summits are Vittorio Emanuele ; Ensonga ; Johnston ; and Trident . The names were chosen in respect for the Italian royal family; however, the name choice"
"landscaping and habitat restoration projects. A cultivar, which has a strikingly crisp, pure-white colour, is usually grown in gardens more than the direct species. Elytropappus rhinocerotis Elytropappus rhinocerotis (commonly known as renosterbos or ""rhinoceros bush"") is a species of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, endemic to South Africa. It is a very obvious component of the unique Renosterveld Vegetation Type, which is named after this bush. Although the Renosterveld Vegetation Type is confined to the South-Western Cape of South Africa, the Renosterbos plant is much more widespread - occurring throughout the Cape Floristic Region and further, as far"
"Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii one of the East African giant groundsel and this one can be found on the Rwenzori Mountains, Virunga Mountains and the Mitumba Mountains. A species of the genus ""Dendrosenecio"" and is also a collection of reclassified ""Senecio"" species. ""Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii"" grows to 6 meters tall. The old leaves drop off and leave a very slender stem. Flower heads have very prominent yellow ray flowers. ""Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii"" is found more on sloping, better-drained soils on the Rwenzori Range, Virunga Mountains and the Mitumba Mountains between 3,500 and 4,500 meters. Also found between 4,400 to 5,000 meters but"
"Peak. The ridge line of Mount Baker was first reached in January 1906 by the Austrian mountaineer Rubert Grauer accompanied by two British missionaries, H. E. Maddox and H. W. Tegart. In February of that year and again in April, the same rocky point was reached by an English expedition, including Alexander F. R. Wollaston, A. B. Wosnam, and M. Carruthers. The highest point of Mount Baker was finally climbed in June by an expedition led by the Duke of the Abruzzi, which climbed all peaks of the other five highest mountains of the Rwenzori, . The Bakonjo name for"