Mount Kwaraha Explained

Mount Kwaraha
Location:Manyara Region
Label Position:right
Elevation M:2415
Type:Stratovolcano[1]
Last Eruption:Pleistocene[2]

Mount Kwaraha is a mountain in central Tanzania. It is located approximately east of the town of Babati, in Babati District of Manyara Region.

Mount Kwaraha is a granite inselberg, and rises to .[3] The mountain has numerous springs and streams which flow west into Lake Babati and east into the Tarangire River.

The mountain has mist forests above elevation, and is home to small numbers of elephants and buffalo, and large numbers of birds and monkeys.[3]

Ufiome Forest Reserve covers of the mountain.[4]

References

-4.2297°N 35.8011°W

Notes and References

  1. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=222814
  2. https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=222814
  3. Briggs, Philip and Chris Mcintyre. Tanzania Safari Guide: With Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and the Coast. Brandt Travel Guides, 2017. p. 229.
  4. "Ufiome Forest Reserve". Protected Planet. Accessed 25 September 2019. https://www.protectedplanet.net/303350