Tsaunukan Virunga
General information
Gu mafi tsayi	Mount Karisimbi (en)
Height above mean sea level (en)	4,507 m
Tsawo	80 km
Labarin ƙasa
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa	1°25′45″S 29°32′54″E / 1.4291666666667°S 29.548333333333°E / -1.4291666666667; 29.548333333333
Bangare na	Great Rift Valley (en)
Kasa	Jamhuriyar dimokuradiyya Kwango, Ruwanda da Uganda
Geology
Material (en)	volcanic rock (en)

Tsaunukan Virunga (wanda aka fi sani da Mufumbiro^[1]) jerin tsaunuka ne a gabashin Afirka, a kan iyakar arewacin kasar Rwanda, Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo (DRC), da Uganda. Tsaunin wani reshe ne na tsaunukan Kyautar Albertine, wanda kuma ke iyaka da reshen yamma na gabashin Afirka. Suna tsakanin Lake Edward da Lake Kivu. Sunan "Virunga" sigar Ingilishi ce ta kalmar Kinyarwanda ibirunga, wacce ke nufin "volcanoes".

Tsaunin ya kunshi manyan duwatsu masu aman wuta guda takwas. Mafi yawansu basuyi bacci ba, banda Dutsen Nyiragongo mita 3,462 (11,358 ft) da Dutsen Nyamuragira mita 3,063 (10,049 ft), duk a cikin DRC. Fashewa ta baya-bayan nan ta faru ne a shekarar 2006, 2010 da Mayu 2021. Dutsen Karisimbi shi ne tsauni mafi girma da yakai mita 4,507 (14,787 ft). Mafi tsawun tsauni shi ne Dutsen Sabyinyo, wanda ya hau mita 3,634 (11,923 ft) sama da matakin teku.

Dutsen Virunga gida ne na gorilla mai tsananin hatsari, wanda aka jera a cikin IUCN Red List of Endangered Species saboda asarar muhalli, farauta, cuta, da yaƙi (Butynski et al. 2003). Cibiyar Bincike ta Karisoke, wacce Dian Fossey ta kafa don lura da gorilla a cikin mazauninsu, tana tsakanin Dutsen Karisimbi da Dutsen Bisoke.

1. ↑ "Virunga Mountains | Location, Description, & Facts".