Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
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Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a large primeval forest in the Virunga Volcanoes mountain range, and is located in south-western Uganda
on the edge of the western Great Rift Valley
. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas in the world, where half the world's population of highly endangered Mountain Gorillas live in its jungles in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
. This group is known as the Bwindi gorilla population.
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
on the edge of the western Great Rift Valley
Great Rift Valley
The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately in length, that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa...
. It is one of the most biologically diverse areas in the world, where half the world's population of highly endangered Mountain Gorillas live in its jungles in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in East Africa. The park is part of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and is situated along the Democratic Republic of Congo border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the western Great Rift Valley...
. This group is known as the Bwindi gorilla population.