Mungu Crater
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Mungu Crater is a volcanic crater in Oljoro ward and
Mateves Mateves is a Tanzanian administrative ward located in Arusha Rural District of the Arusha Region. It is one of 21 administrative wards in the district. Mateves means places where the Vachellia xanthophloea, fever tree grows in the Maasai language. ...
ward in
Arusha Rural District Arusha District Council (also known as Arusha Rural District) is one of the seven districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the north by Longido District, to the east by Meru District, to the south by Kilimanjaro Region, and t ...
located in Arusha Region,
Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
. The crater is in diameter at its widest and deep. Inside the crater is surrounded by forest whilst the crater floor is a seasonal
swamp A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
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Geography of Arusha Region Volcanic craters {{Arusha-geo-stub