I’m on the shores of the northernmost part of Lake Tanganyika, in the city of Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The ecoregion here is the Albertine Rift Montane Forests Ecoregion (AT0101), one of three ecoregions that border the lake. The photo below shows the mountains that sweep down to the lake; now denuded in… Continue reading Lake Tanganyika: at the foot of the Albertine Rift Montane Forests