| Imatong Mountains | |
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| Geography | |
  Imatong Mountains Location in South Sudan | |
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| Country |  South Sudan |
| State | Eastern Equatoria |
| Range coordinates | 3°57′0″N 32°54′0″E / 3.95000°N 32.90000°E |
The Imatong Mountains (also Immatong, or rarely Matonge) are mainly located in Eastern Equatoria in southeastern South Sudan, and extend into the Northern Region of Uganda. Mount Kinyeti is the highest mountain of the range at 3,187 metres (10,456 ft), and the highest point of South Sudan.[1]
The range has an equatorial climate and had dense montane forests supporting diverse wildlife. Since the mid-20th century the rich ecology has increasingly been severely degraded by native forest clearance and subsistence farming, causing extensive erosion of the slopes.[2]
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ Van Noordwijk 1984, pp. 217ff.