Location: Morumbodzi Falls, Mt Gorongosa

Photo: Bart Wursten
Google map of the Morumbodzi Falls area

Photo: Bart Wursten
View over the grassland plateau from the slopes above the Falls

Photo: Bart Wursten
View from the grassland plateau towards Morumbodzi Falls

Photo: Bart Wursten
Morumbodzi Falls

Photo: Bart Wursten
Evergreen forest at the base of the Falls

Photo: Bart Wursten
Visitors dwarfed at the foot of the Falls

Photo: Bart Wursten
Morumbodzi Falls

General Information

Quarter degree square: 1834A3

Country: Mozambique

Habitat: Small area of evergreen forest near large waterfall, surrounded by inhabited disturbed areas and large areas of secondary but very well established grassland.

Altitude range: c. 800 - 900 m

Annual rainfall:

Location (short):

Location (detailed):

Description

Situated on the southwestern lower slopes of Mt Gorongosa, the spectacular Morumbodzi Falls (sometimes called the Morrombedze Falls), drop nearly 100m in various steps.

Only a small area of relatively intact evergreen riverine forest survives, right around the falls, in an otherwise quite disturbed area of inhabitation and slash-'n'-burn cultivation.

The plateau near the top of the falls was cleared of its original miombo woodland during colonial days (probably about 70-80 years ago) and used as grazing land for cattle. Although the cattle has long since disappeared, except for the occasional herd of goats, the area is still largely treeless due to frequent fires and relatively unused for cultivation. As a result these secondary grasslands have well matured and show a rich variety of, often pyrophytic grassland vegetation, including several orchids such as Eulophia cucullata, E. speciosa, E. mechowii and E. parviflora.

Useful links

View a list of records for Morumbodzi Falls, Mt Gorongosa

View a list of unique taxa (excluding cultivated plants) for Morumbodzi Falls, Mt Gorongosa

View a list of unique taxa (all taxa whether cultivated or not) for Morumbodzi Falls, Mt Gorongosa

View map showing records

View a list of recorders who have visited this location