Goda Mountains

The Goda Mountains lie northwest of the Gulf of Tadjoura, Afar region in Djibouti. They rise to 1,750 metres (5,740 ft) above sea level and are the nation's largest vegetated area. Part of the mountains is protected as within Djibouti's only national park, Day Forest National Park.^[1]

The ecology of this landform is considered an isolated outlier of the Ethiopian montane forest ecological zone, an important island of forest in a sea of semi-desert.^[2]

References

1. ^ Ham, Anthony (30 July 2010). Lonely Planet Africa. Lonely Planet. pp. 652–. ISBN 9781741049886. http://books.google.com/books?id=n-jEEqvIqi4C&pg=PA652. Retrieved 28 May 2011. 
2. ^ "Ethiopian montane forests", World Wildlife Fund website (accessed 16 May 2010)

Coordinates: 11°52′N 42°47′E / 11.86°N 42.79°E / 11.86; 42.79