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The mountains of the moon

The Ruwenzori, likewise spelled Rwenzori and Rwenjura, are a scope of mountains in eastern tropical Africa, situated on the boundary among Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The most noteworthy pinnacle of the Ruwenzori arrives at 5,109 meters (16,762 ft), and the reach's upper locales are for all time snow-covered and glaciated. Waterways took care of by mountain streams structure one of the wellsprings of the Nile. Along these lines, European pilgrims connected the Ruwenzori with the unbelievable Mountains of the Moon, guaranteed by the Greek researcher Ptolemy as the wellspring of the Nile. Virunga National Park in eastern DR Congo and Rwenzori Mountains National Park in southwestern Uganda are situated inside the reach.

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