Udzungwa Mountains National Park

Udzungwa Mountains National Park
Udzungwa Mountains National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
	Waterfalls in Udzungwa Mountains National Park
	Location of Ugalla River National Park in Tanzania
Location	Kilolo District of Iringa Region & Kilombero District of Morogoro Region ; Tanzania
Nearest city	Morogoro
Coordinates	7°48′0″S 36°41′0″E / 7.80000°S 36.68333°E
Area	1,990 km2 (770 sq mi)
Designation	National Park
Established	2012
Named for	Udzungwa Mountains
Governing body	Tanzania National Parks Authority under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
Website	Official Page

The Udzungwa Mountains National Park (Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Milima ya Udzungwa, In Swahili) is a Tanzanian national park in Kilolo District of Iringa Region and Kilombero District of Morogoro Region. The park is mostly located in Kilolo District. It has a size of 1,990 km² (770 miles²).^[1] The habitats contained within the national park include tropical rainforest, mountain forest, miombo woodland, grassland and steppe. There is a vertical height range of 250–2,576 metres (the peak of Lohomero), which incorporates the Udzungwa Mountains part of the Eastern Arc Mountains.^[2] There are more than 400 bird species, 2,500 plant species (25% of which are endemics) and 6 primate species. It has the second largest biodiversity of a national park in Africa.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Udzungwa Mountains National Park". Tanzania National Parks.
^ ^a ^b Lovett, Jon C., Andrew R. Marshall, and Jeff Carr. "Changes in tropical forest vegetation along an altitudinal gradient in the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania." African Journal of Ecology 44.4 (2006): 478-490.