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Mvurwi Range

Coordinates: 16°38′04″S 30°53′51″E / 16.63443°S 30.89749°E / -16.63443; 30.89749
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Mvurwi Range
Mvurwi Range is located in Zimbabwe
Mvurwi Range
Mvurwi Range
Location of Mvurwi Range in Zimbabwe
Highest point
Elevation1,740 m (5,710 ft)[1]
Prominence312[1] m (1,024 ft)
Coordinates16°38′04″S 30°53′51″E / 16.63443°S 30.89749°E / -16.63443; 30.89749[1]
Geography
LocationZimbabwe
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

The Mvurwi range of mountains is located in northern Zimbabwe. It stretches about 160 km from Lake Manyame, just west of Harare, north to the Zambezi Escarpment. It rises to its highest point of 1740m at the Mavurwe beacon.[1] The northernmost part of the mountain range is Mavuradonha, which is a protected area.[2]

It is an important chromium mining region.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d PeakVisor. "Mavurwe". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Mavuradonha". Wild Zambezi. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ^ Prendergast, Martin (2013). "Landscape evolution, regolith formation and Nickel laterite development in the northern part of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe". South African Journal of Geology. 116 (2): 219–240.