Mbeya Range

Mbeya Range[1] is a volcanic mountain range in Mbeya Region, in southwestern Tanzania, East Africa. It forms an arc just north of the town of Mbeya and includes Loleza Peak (2656 m.), Mbeya Peak (2895 m.), Nyanuwa Peak (2332 m.), and Pungulumo[2] (1909 m.). The range is at the junction of the eastern Gregory Rift and western Albertine Rift valleys.[3] and is in Rungwe volcanic province.[4] The Songwe Scarp terminates the Rukwa Trough at its southeast end and forms the northwestern side of the Mbeya Range.[3]

The Poroto Mountains and Mount Rungwe lie to the south, and the Kipengere Range to the southeast.[5]

Ecology

Overgrazing and extensive wood cutting have in the mountains resulted in unstable slopes which has caused increased surface runoff, soil erosion, and land degradation.[6]

References

  1. ^ Mbeya Range (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ Pungulumo (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  3. ^ a b Brown, Peter Evans (1964). "The Songwe scarp carbonatite and associated feldspathization in the Mbeya Range, Tanganyika". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 120: 223–240. doi:10.1144/gsjgs.120.1.0223.
  4. ^ Delvaux, D. F. & Hanon, M. (1993). "Neotectonics of the Mbeya area, SW Tanzania" (PDF). Royal Museum for Central Africa, Annual Report 1991-1992: 87–97.
  5. ^ "Map". Eastern Mountains Arc Information Service. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
  6. ^ Mashalla, Salome K. (1988). "The human impact on the natural environment of the Mbeya Highlands, Tanzania". Mountain Research and Development. 8 (4): 283–288. doi:10.2307/3673549. JSTOR 3673549.

8°50′S 33°22′E / 8.833°S 33.367°E / -8.833; 33.367

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