Mount Rungwe is a potentially active volcano in the Mbeyea Region of the southern highlands of Tanzania. At an altitude of 2,960 metres (9,710 ft), it is southern Tanzania's second highest peak. Rungwe stands at the junction of the eastern and western arms of the East African Lift. It dominates the mountainous country at the north-west end of the trough that contains Lake Nyasa. The southeastern slopes of these mountains receive up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) of rainfall a year, the highest rainfall in Tanzania. The slopes are covered with a belt of tropical Montane Forest. Above the treeline, at about 2,600 metres (8,500 ft), there is a belt of heathland. Much of the mountain was listed as a Forest Reserve as early as 1949. The last volcanic eruption probably happened a few hundred years ago.
The genus of monkey,Rungwecebus that was named for the mountain in 2005 was initially thought to be a type of mangabey from the genus Lophocebus , until more detailed genetic analysis showed its closer connection to Baboons.
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