Mount Ribáuè Explained

Mount Ribáuè
Elevation M:1777
Location:Nampula Province, Mozambique
Map:Mozambique
Map Size:200
Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:-14.8893°N 38.3161°W

Mount Ribáuè, also known as Monte Ribáuè, is a mountain in Nampula Province of Mozambique.

The mountain consists of two granite inselbergs, separated by a narrow valley approximately 3km wide. The eastern inselberg is called Mount M’pàluwé.[1]

The lower slopes are mostly cultivated. Dry miombo woodland can be found on the middle slopes, and in the valley between the east and west peaks. The highest peaks are mostly bare granite, with pockets of montane heathland. The mountain has no year-round streams, but several intermittent streams run during the wet season.[2]

It forms part of a proposed ecoregion, to be called the South East Africa Montane Archipelago (SEAMA).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Conradie W, Bittencourt-Silva GB, Engelbrecht HM, Loader SP, Menegon M, Nanvonamuquitxo C, Scott M, Tolley KA (2016) "Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique’s sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians." Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(2): 163-180. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.92.9948
  2. Conradie W, Bittencourt-Silva GB, Engelbrecht HM, Loader SP, Menegon M, Nanvonamuquitxo C, Scott M, Tolley KA (2016) "Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique’s sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians." Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(2): 163-180. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.92.9948
  3. News: GrrlScientist . Hundreds Of New Species Discovered On Africa’s Isolated Sky Islands . 10 April 2024 . Forbes . forbes.com . 2 April 2024.