volcano - it is very beautiful, but at the same time dangerous and unpredictable natural phenomenon.See it eruption - it means an unforgettable experience, but this time it is necessary to be at a great distance from the center of events, because it covers the ash, lava and volcanic bombs huge area.Such phenomena of nature exist on all continents.And today we will talk about what the largest volcano in Africa, what it represents.
highest, but is no longer an active volcano here is Kilimanjaro.Its height is about 5895 meters.Swahili name means "white mountain."It is the largest volcano in Africa, in Tanzania, 300 km south of the equator.Kilimanjaro consists of 3 separate cones, the highest peak - is the Kibo (5,895 meters).The second peak - Mawenzi (5149 m), the third - Shira (3962 m).At the top of Kibo is a crater with a diameter of about 3 km and depth - 800 m.
Africa's highest volcano, whose name you already know, began to take shape a few million years ago, when the lava came out of the fault zone.Mawenzi and Shira - this is the top of the extinct, but Kibo can go from rest at any time and break out with renewed vigor.The last major eruption was 360,000 years ago, and the data recorded on the volcanic activity in the XIX century.
Kilimanjaro was the pioneer Johannes Rebman.It happened in 1848, although, of course, mention of this volcano was many years before the official opening date.Austrian Ludwig Purcheller and German Hans Meyer first climbed to the highest peak of Kilimanjaro October 6, 1889.
largest volcano in Africa has on its top a lot of snow, which appeared there many years ago when the ice age, and now the amount is gradually reduced.Scientists believe that soon the snow disappears there at all.
Kilimanjaro - a beautiful mountain climbing which is very popular with tourists, because it allows you to feel right 3 climatic zones.At the very beginning (the first 3 km) are the tropical forest, mountain rivers, streams and waterfalls.Residents in the area have successfully grow bananas, coffee, corn.In the middle of the ascent is a desert, and at the top - snow.Features Kilimanjaro are the lack of a bamboo zone and a large biodiversity at a sufficiently low endemicity of some species.
largest volcano in Africa - an ideal place for tourists.There's even a specially designed routes, some of which are intended solely for lifting, others - for the descent.However, this is not as easy as it may seem.People before the ascent must be prepared, because at high altitude it easy to experience the lack of oxygen, headache, and hypothermia.May occur pulmonary edema, or brain.According to some reports, Kilimanjaro killed more people than Everest.
There are active volcanoes in Africa and one of the biggest such is Cameroon, whose height is more than 4 km.He is quite active, so has a good chance to quickly build a great height.
