Mount Mabu
Mountain in Mozambique / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mount Mabu is a mountain in northern Mozambique, famous for its old-growth rain forest. Mount Mabu is approximately 1,700 metres (5,600 feet) high and the forest covers about 7,000 hectares (27 square miles). While well known locally, the Mount Mabu forest and its extremely diverse wildlife were unknown to plant and animal scientists until 2005.[1] It was visited after browsing Google Earth in 2005 by a team of scientists from the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT) and several ornithologists,[2] and later in 2008 by scientists from Kew Royal Botanic Gardens; by browsing Google Earth's satellite view to look for potential unknown wildlife hotspots in Africa.[3][4] It is frequently referred to as the "Google Forest".[5][3][6] It forms part of a proposed ecoregion, to be called the South East Africa Montane Archipelago (SEAMA).[7]
Mount Mabu | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,700 m (5,600 ft) |
Coordinates | 16°17′52″S 36°23′39″E |
Naming | |
Language of name | Portuguese |
Geography | |
Location | Mozambique |