🦎 Minziro Forest Reserve

Tanzania · Africa · Nature Reserve · 1.11°S, 31.52°E

The Minziro (Nature) Forest Reserve is a 24,841 ha (95.91 sq mi) forest reserve in Tanzania along the Kagera River in Bukoba District of Kagera Region. It protects one of the largest forests in Tanzania, of a forest type that is unique in the country. It was gazetted in 1947 and is situated at an elevation of around 1,150 m (3,770 ft). in fairly level terrain. The forest is continuous with the Malabigambo Forest over the nearby Uganda border. The largest part consists of Baikiaea–Podocarpus seasonal swamp forests while the remainder is flooded acacia woodlands.

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Quick facts

Country	Tanzania
Continent / region	Africa
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	1.11°S, 31.52°E · view on map

Minziro Forest Reserve is a nature reserve in Tanzania, in Africa. The details of why Minziro Forest Reserve is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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