East African montane moorlands

East African montane moorlands
Shira moorlands on Mount Kilimanjaro
Location of the East African montane moorlands
Ecology
RealmAfrotropical
Biomemontane grasslands and shrublands
BordersEast African montane forests
Geography
Area3,089 km2 (1,193 sq mi)
Countries
Conservation
Protected2,666 km² (86%)[1]

The East African montane moorlands is a montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregion which occupies several high mountain peaks in Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

  1. ^ Eric Dinerstein, David Olson, et al. (2017). An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm, BioScience, Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2017, Pages 534–545; Supplemental material 2 table S1b. [1]

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