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Eastern Arc forests
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Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania
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Map of the Eastern Arc Mountains
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biometropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Borders
  • Eastern miombo woodlands
  • Northern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • Northern Zanzibar–Inhambane coastal forest mosaic,
  • Southern Acacia–Commiphora bushlands and thickets
Geography
Area23,800 km2 (9,200 sq mi)
Countries
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
Elevation800 - 2635 metres
Coordinates8°36′S 35°30′E / 8.6°S 35.5°E / -8.6; 35.5
Conservation
Conservation statuscritical/endangered
Global 200yes
Protected20.31%[1]

The Eastern Arc forests is a montane tropical moist forest ecoregion of eastern Africa. The ecoregion comprises several separate highland areas above 800 meters in Kenya, and (mostly) Tanzania.[2][1][3]

  1. ^ a b "Eastern Arc forests". DOPA Explorer. Accessed 22 March 2022
  2. ^ "Map of Ecoregions 2017". Resolve. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Eastern Arc forests". The Encyclopedia of Earth. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

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