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Physical map of East Africa showing elevation with color gradients, international boundaries, major cities, rivers, lakes, dams, waterfalls, spot elevations, and active volcanoes. The map covers countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Angola, with a locator inset highlighting the region within the African continent. Kilimanjaro Mount Kenya Acacia trees on the plain below the summits of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Kibo cone is at right, Mawensi (Mawenzi) at left. Several hikers make their way across rocky terrain toward Margherita Glacier on Mount Stanley, with rugged peaks and clouds in the background in the Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda. Dense green banana plants fill the foreground with rolling hills behind, and Mount Nyiragongo partly obscured by clouds in the background near Gisenyi, Rwanda. Afromontane moorland A herd of African elephants walks across dry grassland with flat-topped acacia trees, with snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro rising in the background in Kenya. Ruwenzori Range mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei)
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Mount Kenya in Mount Kenya National Park is the highest mountain in Africa. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Giant Lobelia in foreground. (Mt. Kenya; Mt. Kenya National Park; mountains; rugged mountain; African geography, African landscape, stratovolcano)
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East African mountains and lakes
Mountains and lakes of East Africa.
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Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
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Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya, central Kenya.
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Acacia trees on the plain below the summits of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Kibo cone is...
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Uganda: Margherita Peak
Margherita Peak in the Ruwenzori Mountains, Uganda
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Mount Nyiragongo
Mount Nyiragongo, Congo (Kinshasa).
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Afromontane moorland
A view of the Afromontane moorland of tussocky grasses, giant groundsel, and lobelias...
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Herd of elephants, with Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, in the background.
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Ruwenzori Range
Dwelling in the mountains of the Ruwenzori Range, western Uganda.
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mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei)
Adult male mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in Virunga National...
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