Virunga National Park
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Virunga National Park is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1925. In elevation, it ranges from 680 m in the Sem
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Rwenzori Mountains
Hills around Lake Edward
Riverine forest
Mountain gorilla
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The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2018.
Virunga National Park
…was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its rich diversity of habitats, exceptional biodiversity and endemism, and its protection of rare mountain gorilla habitat. It has been listed in the List of World Heritage in Danger since 1994 because of civil unrest and increased human presence in the region. There…
Susa group, mountain gorilla
Mountain gorilla female with baby
Gorilla taxonomy
Silverback of Ntambara group, in typical resting attitude