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the story of the virungas
Africa, at the very center of the continent, the Virunga Mountains are the embodiment of western fantasies about "Darkest Africa." The Virungas are in the ... mountains themselves are indeed spectacular, but the mild climate on the high plateau around the mountains long ago attracted extensive native African occupation and development. The dense forests on the mountains' ...
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Virunga Mountains and another 300 in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda. None are found in captivity. The population of mountain gorillas in the Virunga Mountains has been watched ...
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Gorilla 100 - Discovery of the Mountain Gorilla
Mountain Gorilla Discovered on October 17, 1902 on the ridges of the volcanic Virunga mountains by German explorer Captain Robert von Beringe, the mountain gorilla was named Gorilla gorilla beringei ...
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Gorilla 100 - Discovery of the Mountain Gorilla
The discovery of the Mountain Gorilla took place in the Virunga Mountains, on October 17th, 1902, by Robert von Beringe. In celebration of this event and to ...
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the story of the virungas
Skip Navigation The Primeval Era The Virunga Mountains consist of a string of volcanoes straddling the western branch of a huge system of ... through the rift faults. The six volcanoes constituting the center and eastern sections of the Virunga chain are now extinct. The westernmost volcanoes of the chain, Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo, are very ...
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the story of the virungas
Virunga Mountains. In 1994, Western researchers were evacuated and local game wardens and antipoaching staff in the ... not from civil fighting, but from the intrusion of thousands of refugees traveling through the mountains to camps in Congo. Furthermore, the relocation of refugee camps near conservation areas placed ...
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East African Research Sites
LOCATION 24 km east of the snow-capped Ruwenzori Mountains (a.k.a. The Mountains of the Moon), 10 km south of the town ... Parc National des Volcans (Northeastern Rwanda) LOCATION Northeastern Rwanda, along the Virunga volcanos, north of the town of Ruhengeri, ajacent to the ... this ecosystem. ALTITUDE A chain of 8 volcanos forms the Virunga mountains, ranging in altitude from 3,056m (10,023 ft) to 4 ...
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Mountain Gorilla, Article by Adrian Warren - page 4 of 6
Warren Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei), Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda A number of expeditions followed, notably that of Carl Akeley who, in 1921 went to the Virunga Mountains to collect Mountain Gorilla specimens for ... on 9 July 1929 the boundaries of the Park were extended to include the entire Virunga volcano chain. Seventy years later, the volcanoes are still protected, though divided by the ...
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Ravenswood Media Newsletter - December 2007
Rwego was born in the small town of Kisoro near the gorilla habitat of the Virunga Mountains. Currently, Dr. Rwego is involved in monitoring the health of the gorillas by studying ... practices with indigenous populations, and privately funded space flight. David has hiked throughout the Rocky Mountains, the California Desert, the North Woods of Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and the volcanic ...
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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands (AT1013)
Mountains also include several glaciers. This ecoregion also houses the Virunga Mountains, a chain of active volcanoes rising steeply into the clouds. These mountains are home to the endangered Virunga ...
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