Mbeya Range

Coordinates: 8°50′S 33°22′E / 8.833°S 33.367°E / -8.833; 33.367
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Mbeya Range

Loleza Peak (2656 m.), Mbeya Peak (2895 m.), Nyanuwa Peak (2332 m.), and Pungulumo[2] (1909 m.). The range is at the junction of the eastern Gregory Rift and western Albertine Rift valleys.[3] and is in Rungwe volcanic province.[4] The Songwe Scarp terminates the Rukwa Trough at its southeast end and forms the northwestern side of the Mbeya Range.[3]

The Poroto Mountains and Mount Rungwe lie to the south, and the Kipengere Range to the southeast.[5]

Ecology

Overgrazing and extensive wood cutting have in the mountains resulted in unstable slopes which has caused increased surface runoff, soil erosion, and land degradation.[6]

References

  1. ^ Mbeya Range (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ Pungulumo (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^
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  4. ^ Delvaux, D. F. & Hanon, M. (1993). "Neotectonics of the Mbeya area, SW Tanzania" (PDF). Royal Museum for Central Africa, Annual Report 1991-1992: 87–97.
  5. ^ "Map". Eastern Mountains Arc Information Service. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
  6. JSTOR 3673549
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External links

8°50′S 33°22′E / 8.833°S 33.367°E / -8.833; 33.367

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