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Chala
Rukwa, Tanzania · Africa
About Chala
Chala sits on the route: 30 minutes from Namanyere.
Chala is in Rukwa, Tanzania, with about 23,000 people. The nearest town is Namanyere, about 25 km away.
The Chala or coastal desert of Peru is one of the eight natural regions in Peru. It is formed by all the western lands that arise from sea level up to the height of 500 meters. The coastal desert of Peru is largely devoid of vegetation but a unique fog and mist-fed ecosystem called Lomas is scattered among hills nearRead more
the Pacific coast at elevations up to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). It is part of the Pacific desert or South American Coastal Deserts Bioregion, according to One Earth.
In this region, the flora includes vegetation that grows near the rivers, like the carob tree, the palo verde, salty grama grass, manglar or mangrove tree, the carrizo or giant reed and the Caña brava (ditch reed); and plants that grow in the hills, such as the Amancay or Peruvian daffodil (Hymenocallis amancaes), the wild tomato, the mito or Peruvian papaya (Vasconcellea candicans), and the divi-divi (Cæsalpinia coriaria).
The coastal fauna of the Chala includes sea lions, the anchovy and several seabirds.
Common trees in the north are the faique, the sapote, the zapayal, the barrigon and other thorny tropical savanna trees of the equatorial dry forests on the northern coast of Piura and Tumbes. Páramo and the northern coast of the Piura region are not under the influence of the cold Humboldt Current. Páramo has a tree line at the border, even on the westside of the continental divide.
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Chala is in Rukwa, Tanzania, about 25 km from Namanyere.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 22,624
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Tanzania
- Region
- Rukwa
- Timezone
- Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
- Coordinates
- -7.5833, 31.2667
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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