Albertine Rift

E175080

geological region rift valley

The Albertine Rift is the western branch of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, a geologically active region marked by deep lakes, high mountains, and exceptional biodiversity stretching along the borders of several central and eastern African countries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Albertine Rift canonical	33
Albertine Rift Valley	2
Albertine Rift region	2
Albertine Rift highlands	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geological region ⓘ rift valley ⓘ
biodiversityHotspotStatus	one of Africa’s most important centers of endemism ⓘ
characterizedBy	active tectonics ⓘ deep lakes ⓘ exceptional biodiversity ⓘ high mountains ⓘ
contains	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ⓘ Itombwe Mountains ⓘ Kahuzi-Biega National Park ⓘ surface form: Kahuzi-Biéga National Park Kibale National Park ⓘ Lake Albert ⓘ Lake Edward ⓘ Lake Kivu ⓘ Lake Rukwa ⓘ Lake Tanganyika ⓘ Itombwe Mountains ⓘ surface form: Mitumba Mountains Nyungwe National Park ⓘ surface form: Nyungwe Forest National Park Queen Elizabeth National Park ⓘ Rwenzori Mountains National Park ⓘ surface form: Ruwenzori Mountains National Park Rwenzori Mountains ⓘ Virunga Mountains ⓘ Virunga National Park ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryBorderRegionOf	Burundi ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Uganda ⓘ
ecoregionGroupOf	Albertine Rift montane forest ⓘ surface form: Albertine Rift montane forests
geologicalBranchOf	East African Rift ⓘ
geologicalProcess	continental rifting ⓘ
hasFeature	montane forests ⓘ steep escarpments ⓘ volcanic activity ⓘ
hostsSpecies	Albertine Rift endemic amphibians ⓘ Albertine Rift endemic birds ⓘ eastern chimpanzee ⓘ mountain gorilla ⓘ
knownFor	high levels of species endemism ⓘ high primate diversity ⓘ mountain gorilla habitat ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Africa ⓘ East Africa ⓘ surface form: Eastern Africa
orientation	north–south ⓘ
partOf	East African Rift ⓘ surface form: East African Rift System Great Rift Valley ⓘ
recognizedBy	Conservation International as a biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
tectonicSetting	divergent plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Tanganyika → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

East African Rift → contains → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Virunga National Park → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Lake Albert → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Margherita Peak → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Rwenzori Mountains → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Queen Elizabeth National Park → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Murchison Falls National Park → region → Albertine Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albertine Rift Valley

Volcanoes National Park → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Mount Karisimbi → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Nyungwe National Park → locatedOn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) → contains → Albertine Rift ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system

Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) → contains → Albertine Rift ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Rift Valley system

this entity surface form: Albertine Rift highlands

Nyamuragira → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Albertine Rift Mountains → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Lake Edward → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Nyabarongo River → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albertine Rift region

Virunga Mountains → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Virunga Foundation → regionServed → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Mountains of the Moon → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Murchison Falls → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albertine Rift Valley

Albert Nyanza → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Albert National Park → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Katwe Explosion Craters → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve → locatedInRegion → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Kazinga Channel → locatedIn → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Kazinga National Park → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Kyambura Gorge → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Ishasha sector → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albertine Rift region

Southwestern Uganda → hasLandform → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Mount Stanley → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Rwenzori Mountains National Park → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Kigezi Highlands → partOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Mount Emin → isPartOf → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Mount Gessi → region → Albertine Rift ⓘ

Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo → hasRegionWithBiodiversity → Albertine Rift ⓘ

subject surface form: Uganda

Semliki River → flowsThrough → Albertine Rift ⓘ