Finally they run aground on the slopes of Mount Gorongosa, where they release great torrents of rain, like a benediction. The Gorongosa massif, which reaches a height of 6,112 feet, captures more ...

Eventually their cutting and planting expanded from the lower slopes of Mount Gorongosa—a granite massif that looms 6,112 feet above the western boundary of the park—to the higher, wetter zones.