Chome Forest Reserve is a forest reserve of Tanzania in the

Pare Mountains The Pare Mountains (''Milima ya Upare'' in Swahili) are a mountain range in northeastern Tanzania, located north of the Usambara Mountains. The mountains are administratively located in the Kilimanjaro Region, specifically in the Mwanga Distric ...

Kilimanjaro Region Kilimanjaro Region (''Mkoa wa Kilimanjaro'' in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of Tanzania's 31 administrative Regions of Tanzania, regions. The regional capital and largest city is the municipality of Moshi, Tanzania, Moshi. With the 3rd highe ...

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/ref> It is located between the West Usambaras and the North Pare Mountains. It lies in Pare District of

. The highest altitude in the reserve has Shengena Peak. It covers 14,231 hectares of various forest types. Chome Forest Reserve has numerous bird species. The reserve sits in the part of the

Eastern Arc Mountains The Eastern Arc Mountains are a chain of mountains found in Kenya and Tanzania. The chain runs from northeast to southwest, with the Taita Hills being in Kenya and the other ranges being in Tanzania. They are delimited on the southwest by the fau ...

, nominated for the

World Heritage List World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural heritag ...

in 2010. There is a direct climatic influence of the

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

. The area has been logged for many years. It is surrounded by numerous villages. It harbours several types of monkey.

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