Mapiri a Eastern Arc Mountains omwe amagawidwa ku Eastern ndi Southern Highlands ku Tanzania, ndi ena, malo osatukuka okopa alendo omwe ali ndi chilengedwe.
Malo osungiramo zachilengedwe ku Tanzania amakongoletsa mapiri a Eastern Arc ndi nkhalango zokongola, zobiriwira zokhala ndi maluwa ophuka, tizilombo, mbalame, zinyama zazing'ono, zokwawa, ndi malo okongola omwe amakopa alendo okonda zachilengedwe.
Uluguru Nature Reserve ndi amodzi mwa malo okopa alendo omwe akutukuka chifukwa cha zokopa zake zachilengedwe, makamaka nyama zamapiri, mbalame, ndi tizilombo tamitundu yosiyanasiyana koma yowoneka bwino.
Uluguru Nature Reserve ili m'mapiri a Uluguru ku Morogoro, ofanana ndi mapiri a Andes ku South America. Nyama za Montane, mbalame, ndi tizilombo ndizokopa alendo zomwe zimapezeka ku Tanzania, koma sizinapangidwe mokwanira kuti zikope anthu obwera kutchuthi padziko lonse lapansi.
Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi ziwala za Uluguru - Cyphocerastis uluguruensis - zomwe zimatchedwa "December Ninth" pambuyo pa Tsiku la Ufulu wa Tanzania.
Chiwalacho chinapatsidwa dzina lakuti “December Ninth” chifukwa chili ndi mitundu yofanana ndi ya mbendera ya ku Tanzania. Komabe, sizikudziwika ngati mtundu wa ziwalawu unalipo dziko la Tanzania lisanadzilamulire kuchokera ku Britain pa December 9, 1961.
Ena okhala m’magulu a Uluguru amakhulupirira kuti okonza mbendera ya dziko la Tanzania anakopera mitundu ya ziwala, zomwe zimangowoneka m’dera lawo.
Mtetezi wa Uluguru Nature Reserve, Cuthbert Mafupa, wati malo osungirako zachilengedwewa akhala akukopa alendo ochokera m’mayiko osiyanasiyana chifukwa cha zomera ndi zinyama zosiyanasiyana monga achule akuuluka, mphutsi za nyanga zitatu ndi nyanga imodzi, maluwa a St. , ndi “udzu woyandama” womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati miyala yopondapo podutsa akasupe a madzi abwino oyenda m’mapiri otsetsereka.
Uluguru ndi mbali ya mapiri a Eastern Arc, mapiri akale a nkhalango kuyambira ku Kenya mpaka ku Malawi kudutsa Kum'mawa kwa Tanzania, okwera kufika mamita 2,630 pamwamba pa nyanja.
Mitundu yapadera ya nyama ndi zomera imakula bwino m’madera akutali ameneŵa, kuphatikizapo mitundu yoposa 500 ya zomera ndi nyama zambirimbiri.
Mapiri a Eastern Arc amalembedwa ngati malo opezeka padziko lonse lapansi ndi WorldWide Fund for Nature.
Poyang’anizana ndi chiwopsezo cha chitsenderezo cha anthu, Mapiri a Kum’maŵa Arc ali ndi mitundu yochepa ya mbalame yotsalayo ndi anyani ena amene ali pachiwopsezo cha kutha.
Conservation International imayika mapiri a Kum'mawa kwa Arc pamodzi ndi nkhalango za m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku East Africa monga malo 24 ofunika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha zomera.
Mapiri a Eastern Arc ali ndi zomera ndi zinyama zambiri zomwe zili m'nkhalango zogawanika kwambiri komanso zakutali, zomwe zimatchedwa "Galapagos of Africa."
Mbalame, nkhalango zachilengedwe, mathithi, ndi zachilengedwe ndizokopa alendo omwe amapezeka mosavuta ku Eastern Arc Mountains, kudera lalikulu lakum'mawa kwa Tanzania. Kuzizira kwawo kumakhala kodabwitsa.
M'madera akum'mwera kwa mapiri a Tanzania, mapiri a Kum'mawa kwa Arc amapangidwa ndi Uporoto, Kipengere ndi Livingstone, ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali ya alendo ku Africa pansi pa chitukuko cha zokopa alendo.
