evidence: Virunga National Park is located along the Eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo, within the Nile River watershed. The landscape is highly diverse within the park, from lowlands to mountain ranges. The northern portion of the park includes the Semliki River basin. The basins and lowland areas include both wetlands and river valleys, forming the lowest elevation in the park at only 680 m above sea level. The Semliki is one of the largest major rivers in the area at 140 km long and flows from Lake Edward to Lake Albert through the DRC and Uganda. Lake Albert is situated against the Albertine Rift, another prominent geographical feature of this portion of the park. The rift makes up the western branch of the larger East African Rift, a tectonic border that runs through a number of Eastern African countries and is responsible for several mountain ranges in the area. Within the Virunga National Park, these mountain ranges include the western edge of the Rwenzori Mountains (the bulk of which lie in Uganda as part of the Rwenzori National Park), and the highest peak in Virunga, Mount Stanley, which has an altitude of 5,109 m. This rift area and mountain range are full of lush montane forests, common in this region of the DRC and surrounding countries.