Ugalla area (Tongwe forest reserve)
The Ugalla area is surrounded by the Ugalla River on the east, the Malagarasi River on the north, Uvinza-Mpanda Road on the west, and the Niamansi Basin on the south. The Ugalla area covers3352 km2 with elevation of 980.1712 m.
Most of the Ugalla area is savanna (miombo) woodlands dominated by deciduous trees of Brachystegia and Julbernardia, and locally calledmiombo woodland.
One of the driest habitats of chimpanzees
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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) live in tropical rain forests and more open and dry
areas in Africa, while other great apes are more restricted to tropical forests.
Chimpanzees in savanna woodland areas have lower population density and larger
home ranges than those of chimpanzees in more forested areas. Among savanna
woodland environments, chimpanzees in Ugalla have very low population density.