Rungwe

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Rungwe
The southern highlands of Tanzania

The southern highlands of Tanzania

height 2960  m
location Tanzania , East Africa
Coordinates 9 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  S , 33 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 9 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  S , 33 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  E
Rungwe (Tanzania)
Rungwe
Type Stratovolcano
Age of the rock 2.5 million years
Last eruption 1350

The Rungwe (also Mount Rungwe , Rungwe summit ) is an extinct volcano in the southern highlands of Tanzania . At 2,960 m, it is the second highest mountain on the Kitulo plateau after the Mtorwi summit at 2,961 m. This plateau lies between the Poroto , Livingstone and Kipengere mountain ranges , which were formed 2.5 million years ago and form a connection not only between the western and eastern arms of the African Rif mountain ranges , but also between the large mountain regions from East, Central and South Africa.

The Rungwe is part of a watershed: the Kilasi, Kipoke, Kiwira, Marogala, Mbaka, Mrambo, Mulagala, Mwatisi, Sinini and Suma rivers flow west into Lake Malawi , and the Ruaha and Kyela rivers east. With its forests, Mount Rungwe plays an important role as “rain catcher” for the irrigation of lower lying areas such as the fertile Kyela valley between Tukuyu and Matema . The rainfall is up to 3,000 mm per year and is the highest in Tanzania. Silviculture has been practiced with the tree species Pinus patula and Koso tree ( Hagenia abyssinica ) since 1949 . However, this has narrow limits, because the 13,652 hectares of this rugged terrain are difficult to access. This applies to the aforementioned mountain ranges as a whole.

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