CHAPTEU VII. 



Formation- and General Features of the 

 RuwENZORc Range. 



Kuwenzori ;iii(l the "Allmrtiiic Depression " — Eehitioii to the Nile Basin — 

 Nomenclature — H.K.H.'s Map — The Six Groups of Snow Peaks — The 

 AVatershed — The Distriljution of the Valleys — ^AVhat preceding Explorers 

 saw of the Mountains — Confusion of Names and Topography — Altimetric 

 Measurements — The (ieology of the Kange — The (Tlaeiers — Floia and Fauna. 



The story of tlie explonition of 

 the two cliiti-f <;-roups of jieaks 

 lias put us ill possession of 

 sufficient data to peiuiit of oui- 

 givino- at this point a systematic 

 description of tlie Tiuwenzori 

 ranire. A more detailed know- 

 ledo-e of tlie distribution of the 

 grou])s of the range and of their 

 position with respect to the 

 vallevs will help to render the 

 account of the suhseipieiit work 

 of the expedition both (piicker and easier. 



The Ruwenzori chain is distinouishcd liy extremely 

 remarkable orohydrographical features. Most of the con- 

 tinents slope graduallv from the summits of their numntain 



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