The Ruwenzori, also spelled Rwenzori and Rwenjura, or Rwenzururu (Swahili: Milima ya Ruwenzori) are a range of mountains in eastern equatorial Africa, located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The highest peak of the Ruwenzori reaches 5,109 metres (16,762 ft), and the range's upper regions are permanently snow-capped and glaciated. Rivers fed by mountain streams form one of the sources of the Nile.[1] Because of this, European explorers linked the Ruwenzori with the legendary Mountains of the Moon, claimed by the Greek scholar Ptolemy as the source of the Nile. Virunga National Park in eastern DR Congo and Rwenzori Mountains National Park in southwestern Uganda are located within the range.
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The Ruwenzori, also spelled Rwenzori and Rwenjura, or Rwenzururu (Swahili: Milima ya Ruwenzori) are a range of mountains in eastern equatorial Africa,...
RwenzoriMountains National Park is a Ugandan national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the RwenzoriMountains. Almost 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi)...
as in the Drakensberg Range of South Africa, the Stormberg Mountains, and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. Currently, the only remaining glaciers on the...
two large mountain ranges, the RwenzoriMountains between Lake Albert and Lake Rutanzige (formerly Lake Edward) and the Virunga Mountains between Lake...
/əŋˌɡɑːliˈeɪmə/) 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...
covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ prominence. Compiled by Aaron Maizlish. The latest estimate is that there are 1,516. Portals: Mountains Lists...
including ten national parks: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and RwenzoriMountains National Park (both UNESCO World Heritage Sites), Kibale National...
executive directive in January 2018. It is named after the RwenzoriMountains, also known as the Mountains of the Moon. The university is located approximately...
Virunga Mountains and RwenzoriMountains of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the highest elevations of the Rwenzori and Virunga...
surrounded by a rim of mountains including the Rwenzorimountain range. Notable national parks include Bwindi, RwenzoriMountains, Kibale and Mgahinga National...
Together, these protected places completely encircle Lake Edward. The RwenzoriMountains National Park in Uganda lies not far to the northwest. Confusingly...
Central Forest Reserve, along with the Mgahinga Gorilla Reserve and the RwenzoriMountains Reserve, was designated as a national park and renamed the Bwindi...
districts because of the Over 4 KM high RwenzoriMountains. Travellers between the two districts must go around the mountains via Bunyangabu, Kabarole, and Ntoroko...
Force captured several cities as well as the Kilembe Mines in the RwenzoriMountains. These operations coincided with an expansion of the separatist Rwenzururu...
and moorlands of East Africa (e.g., Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, RwenzoriMountains), Mount Kinabalu of Borneo, and the Central Range of New Guinea are...
Kings at Kasubi, was listed in 2001 due to cultural significance. RwenzoriMountains National Park was listed as endangered from 1999 to 2004 because of...
estimated population 115,400. It lies north of Lake George and east of RwenzoriMountains. Kasese is located approximately 280 kilometres (170 mi) west from...
territories—Beni, Lubero, Masisi, Rutshuru, Nyiragongo and Walikale. The RwenzoriMountains, which form part of the Albertine Rift, are located on the province's...
others in East Africa like Mount Kenya, the mountains of Ethiopia, the Virunga Mountains, the RwenzoriMountains, and Kilimanjaro. Before Ptolemy, Aeschylus...
he finds the real "Mountain of the Moon" is RwenzoriMountains. Anindya Mukhopadhyay travelled the mountain and have written a book called Abar Chander...
protected areas with elephant populations like Kibale National Park, RwenzoriMountains National Park, Semliki National Park, and the Toro-Semliki Wildlife...
Rwenzururu is a subnational kingdom in western Uganda, located in the RwenzoriMountains on the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It includes...
230 ft) in the Semliki River valley to 5,109 m (16,762 ft) in the RwenzoriMountains. From north to south it extends approximately 300 km (190 mi), largely...
Mnara". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 May 2010. 28th session 2004, pp. 96–97 "RwenzoriMountains National Park". UNESCO. Retrieved 26 June 2011. 28th session 2004...
Nile: RwenzoriMountains National Park, 16 June 2010, archived from the original on 3 August 2020, retrieved 20 August 2020 "Nile River (Mountain) | Waterbodies...
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