The Citizen Newspaper "Rocks hanging on the undulating hills of Mwanza City are one of exhilarating sights of the country's second largest city after Dar es Salaam.
Slums sprouting on the hills, however, are replacing the rocks.
Hardly two decades ago, most of the rocks were covered with dense forests inhabited by baboons, recalls Mr Mlagiri Kopoka, a student at the St Augustine University of Tanzania (Saut).
The water cycle by then, according to Mr Kopoka, began with short rains in September followed by heavy downpour in April.
Evergreen forests and reliable rainfall cushioned the effects of global warming we are experiencing today."
Slums sprouting on the hills, however, are replacing the rocks.
Hardly two decades ago, most of the rocks were covered with dense forests inhabited by baboons, recalls Mr Mlagiri Kopoka, a student at the St Augustine University of Tanzania (Saut).
The water cycle by then, according to Mr Kopoka, began with short rains in September followed by heavy downpour in April.
Evergreen forests and reliable rainfall cushioned the effects of global warming we are experiencing today."