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== Geologi ==
[[File:MargheritaPeak.jpg|thumb|Puncak Margherita di [[Mount Stanley]] merupakan titik tertinggi pegunungan ini]]
Pegunungan ini terbentuk sekitar tiga [[1.000.000 (bilangan)|juta]] tahun lalu pada zaman [[Pliosen]], sebagai hasil dari pengangkatan [[Kristal|batuan kristal]] termasuk: [[gneiss]], [[amphibolite]] [[granite]], dan [[quartzite]].<ref name="ucl">{{cite web
| url = http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/about-the-department/people/academic-staff/richard-taylor/research/climate-change-and-the-aquatic-ecosystems-of-the-rwenzori-mountains
| title = Climate Change and the Aquatic Ecosystems of the Rwenzori Mountains
| accessdate = 2014-02-02
| date = 2007-09-15
| publisher = [[Makerere University]] and [[University College London]]
}}</ref><!--
They are on the flanks of the [[Albertine Rift]], the western branch of the [[East African Rift]].
This uplift divided the paleolake [[Obweruka]] and created three of the present-day [[African Great Lakes]]: [[Lake Albert (Africa)|Lake Albert]], [[Lake Edward]],<ref name="ucl"/>
and [[Lake George (Uganda)|Lake George]].<ref name="">{{cite journal
| last =Wayland
| first =E. J.
| title =Rifts, Rivers, Rains and Early Man in Uganda
| journal =Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
| volume =64
| pages =333–352
| date =July–Dec 1934
| accessdate = 2008-05-06
| doi =10.2307/2843813
| jstor =2843813
| publisher =Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland }}</ref>
The range is about 120 km (75 mi) long and 65 km (40 mi) wide. It consists of six massifs separated by deep gorges: [[Mount Stanley]] (5,109m), [[Mount Speke]] (4,890m), [[Mount Baker (Uganda)|Mount Baker]] (4,843m), [[Mount Emin]] (4,798m), [[Mount Gessi]] (4,715m) and [[Mount Luigi di Savoia]] (4,627m).<ref name="Abruzzi">{{cite web | url = http://www.rwenzoriabruzzi.com/mountains.html
| title = Rwenzori Mountains National Park | accessdate = 2008-05-06| date = 2006-05-27| work = Rwenzori Abruzzi |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080305014225/http://www.rwenzoriabruzzi.com/mountains.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-03-05}}</ref> Mount Stanley is the largest and has several subsidiary summits, with Margherita Peak being the highest point. The rock is metamorphic, and the mountains are believed to have been tilted and squeezed upwards by plate movement. They are in an extremely humid area, and frequently enveloped in clouds.-->
== Flora ==
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