Tondou Massif

Tondou Massif

▪ plateau region, Central African Republic
French  Massif du Tondou,  

      plateau region in the eastern Central African Republic, near the border with The Sudan. Most of the plateau ranges between 2,600 and 3,300 feet (800 and 1,000 m) in elevation; it reaches 3,461 feet (1,055 m) at Mount Ngouo in the northeast. The Kotto River, a tributary of the Ubangi River, separates Tondou Massif from the higher Mongos (Bongo) chain to the north. To the south is the lowland plain of the upper Ubangi. The watershed between the Congo and Nile river systems, defining most of the boundary between the Central African Republic and The Sudan, passes along the eastern edge of the plateau.

      Savanna vegetation covers the treeless hills, and hot desert winds blow onto the plateau from The Sudan. The region is practically devoid of people and resources.

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