Location: Volcanous National Park

General Information

Quarter degree square: 0129A4, B3 and C2

Country: Rwanda

Habitat: Montane forests, Bamboo forests, grasslands and marshy areas, all on volcanic rocky slopes

Altitude range: 2300-3890m

Annual rainfall:

Location (short): Volanic mountain range.

Location (detailed): Protected National Park on the southern slopes of the Virunga Volanic Mountains in the Northwest of Rwanda, bordering on DRC in the West and North and Uganda in the Northeast. The park is famous for its population of Mountain Gorillas with several families habituated to visits of small groups of tourists.

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Location details: Volcanous National Park.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/location-display.php?location_id=241, retrieved 30 October 2024

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