Dutsen Nguru
Dutsen Nguru tsaunuka ne a Yankin Morogoro, Tanzania, Afirka. Dutsen Nguru wani bangare ne na tsaunukan Arc na Gabas. Duwatsun galibi suna cike da dazuzzuka, da nau'in tsuntsaye 83 (Romdal 2001) da violet na Afirka. Akwai gandun daji da yawa a cikin tsaunuka.

Labarin kasa 
Manyan tsaunukan Nguru sun kai fadin 1672.90 km². Matsayi mafi girma shine mita 2400 a Nguru ta Kudu. Yankin yana gudana kusan arewa maso gabas, kudu maso yamma, kuma an raba shi ta kwarin Kogin Mjonga, wani yanki ne na Kogin Wami. Yankin yana cikin ruwan Wami. Filin Wami da yankin Mkata da ke kudu maso gabas da gabas. Duwatsun Uluguru suna kudu maso gabas a gefen filin. Duwatsun Ukaguru suna kudu maso yamma, kuma duwatsun Nguu suna arewa; an raba dukkanin jeri daga duwatsun Nguru ta ƙananan tuddai. Kasar da ke da tudu ta raba Maasai Steppe arewa maso yamma.

Yanayi 
Duwatsun Nguru suna kama iska mai dauke da danshi daga tekun Indiya, wanda Kuma ke samar da mafi yawan ruwan sama a tsaunukan. Ruwan sama mai matsakaita 1800mm a shekara. Mafi yawan ruwan sama yana faruwa ne a lokacin damina na Nuwamba zuwa Mayu, ko da yake hazo da ruwan sama mai sauƙi suna faruwa a tsawan tsaunuka a cikin watannin rani. Ruwan sama ya fi yawa a kan gangaren kudu da gabas, kuma ya yi kasa a inuwar duwatsu zuwa arewa da yamma. Yanayin zafin jiki yana da sanyi kuma ruwan sama yana sama da wuri mai tsayi.

Ilimin duwatsu 
Dutsen Nguru, tare da wasu a cikin Arc ta Gabas, sun haɗu da tsoffin dutsen Precambrian wanda aka ɗauke shi sama da miliyoyin shekaru tare da laifofi. Lokaci na kwanan nan na haɓakawa ya fara shekaru miliyan 30 da suka gabata, amma tsarin lissafi da tsarin haɓakawa na iya zama sun tsufa. sashen da aka samo daga waɗannan tsoffin duwatsun ba su da dahuwa kamar ƙananan ƙananan duwatsu masu aman wuta zuwa arewa da yamma.

Fure da dabbobi 
Kimanin shekaru miliyan talatin da suka wuce, gandun daji mai yawa ya mamaye yankin. A lokacin mai sanyaya da lokacin bushewa kimanin shekaru miliyan goma da suka wuce, an jujjuya gandun dajin zuwa savanna, an bar tsaunukan tsaunuka a matsayin "tsibirai" inda gandun daji masu zafi ke cigaba da bunƙasa. Dorewar yanayi mai danshi na tsawon lokaci da kebancewa kowane kewayon tsaunika ya haifar da babbar matsala ta endemism, da kuma fure iri daban-daban da dabbobi. Nguru da sauran tsaunukan Arc na Gabas suna da manyan nau'o'in halittu masu yawa tare da yawancin nau'ikan halittu (fiye da kashi 25 cikin 100 na nau'o'in kashin baya).

Itacen daji na Miombo ya mamaye filin Mkata-Wami zuwa gabas, da ƙananan tsaunuka a kudu, yamma, da arewa. Dazuzzuka sun faɗo daga tsawan mita 300 zuwa 2000. Gandun daji ya banbanta a cikin nau'ikan halittu tare da dagawa da kuma hanyar gangaren. A ƙasan tsaunuka a gabashin gangaren, gandun daji masu ƙarancin ƙarancin ruwa sun mamaye, tare da fure mai kama da gandun dajin bakin teku na Zanzibar-Inhambane da ke gabashin gabas. A tsaunuka mafi girma, tsaunuka gida ne ga gandun dazuzzuka masu tsafta, tare da halayen Afromontane. Kananan gandun daji suna faruwa daga tsawan mita 900 zuwa 1400 akan gangaren gabas, kuma tsakanin tsawan mita 1400 zuwa 1500 akan gangaren yamma. Gandun dajin Montane ya mamaye tsakanin mita 1400 zuwa 2000 akan gangaren gabas, tare da gandun daji masu girgije a tsawan tsauni. A gefen gangaren yamma akwai gandun daji masu bushewa tsakanin mita 1600 zuwa 200. A saman mita 2000, tsaunukan sun fi yawa. Wani bincike na hotunan tauraron dan adam da aka dauka tsakanin 1999 da 2003 an gano kilomita 297 na tsaunuka har yanzu suna cikin dazuzzuka.

Yankunan da aka kiyaye 
Duwatsu suna da ajiyar yanayi guda ɗaya da kuma gandun daji guda biyu, jimlar su a hekta 31,409 ha. Yankin Mkingu yana gida ne ga ɗayan mafi girman wuraren da ba a magance su ba a cikin gandun dajin. Mkingu an kirkireshi ne daga hadewar dajin Nguru ta Kudu da ke Kure (19 ha793 ha) da Mkindo CFR (7,451 ha). Kanga ta Kudu CFR (6,664 ha) yana cikin yankin arewa maso gabas na tsaunuka, an raba shi daga babban toshi ta kwarin Mjonga. Magotwe ya tanada (709 ha) yana kan tsawan dutse a gefen gabas, tsakanin tsaunukan tsauni biyu.

Manazarta

Kara karantawa 
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