Kilimanjaro - Africa's highest mountain Bashny.Net

Everyone knows that there is such a mountain, fewer know its location and height, and even fewer have seen it live. We have tried to collect information about Mount Kilimanjaro, and show her beauty.

So, Mount Kilimanjaro stands at 5895 meters above sea level and is located in the north-eastern part of Tanzania.





As we have said, is the highest mountain on the continent.





The highest point of the mountain is Uhuru Peak, which refers to the volcano Kibo.



Mount Kilimanjaro is made up of three main extinct volcanoes.





Unfortunately holding more than 11 thousand years the glacier on top of Kilimanjaro has melted.



And soon the symbol of Africa with whitened the upper part will be only memories in the form of products Hemingway and rare photos.





By 2020, the snow disappears completely from the mountain top.



The name of the mountain comes from the Swahili language and assume that Kilimanjaro means "mountain that glitters».



Climbing Kilimanjaro is only possible from Tanzania, although the mountain is also in Kenya.





Climbing feature is its proximity to the equator.



This means that when you cross the rise all climatic zones that exist on our planet.