The Lendu Plateau is an area of high ground in the

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of the

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(DRC), on the northwest side of Lake Albert.

Location

The Lendu plateau is roughly a rectangle 80 km long and 50 wide, with the long axis in the SW-NE direction. Its approximate corners are , 15 km south of Droro, , 30 km west of

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, , 30 km west of

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, and , 10 km south of Niarembe. The northeast edge of the plateau roughly coincides with the DRC-

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border.BirdLife International:
Lendu Plateau
. Online page, accessed on 2019-03-27.Google Maps:
Lendu Plateau
. Accessed on 2019-03-27.

Topography

The altitude of the plateau mostly varies between 1700 m and 2000 m. It rises towards the east to a set of mountains, the highest being Mount Aboro (, 2455 m).Russian Army:
Map E124 - IX 62-Д
Maps for the world website, Map 500k--a36-1. Accessed on 2019-03-27.

References

Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRC-geo-stub