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attracts hundreds of visitors each year, many of whom access the mountain from the coffee-growing town of
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and much of the original forest has been lost, including the
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Mountain ranges of the
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145:. The mountains are home to a number of
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599:West and Central African Rift System
275:Major African geological formations
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1022:Montane grasslands and shrublands
199:The mountains were discovered by
153:which lives only on Mount Kenya.
78:The mountains are related to the
60:Democratic Republic of the Congo
203:in order of distance from the
110:(5,895m, 19,340 ft), and
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158:East African montane forests
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1062:Mountain ranges of Burundi
413:Central African Shear Zone
171:Map of African Great Lakes
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1057:Mountain ranges of Rwanda
1042:Mountain ranges of Uganda
790:Central Pangean Mountains
443:Western Meseta Shear Zone
185:Kilimanjaro National Park
1037:Mountain ranges of Kenya
163:Threats and preservation
74:Location and description
810:Eastern Rift mountains
732:Tanzania Coastal Basin
511:Terra Australis Orogen
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27:African mountain range
18:East African Mountains
825:Great Karas Mountains
805:Eastern Arc Mountains
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149:bird species such as
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1027:Ecoregions of Africa
722:Somali Coastal Basin
433:Mwembeshi Shear Zone
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900:Teffedest Mountains
815:Ethiopian Highlands
506:Pan-African orogens
476:East African Orogen
408:Broodkop Shear Zone
380:West African Craton
323:Victoria Microplate
106:: the snow-covered
44:African Great Lakes
34:East African Lakes.
964:List of inselbergs
934:Jugurtha Tableland
885:Sankwala Mountains
880:Rwenzori Mountains
697:Ouled Abdoun Basin
692:Orange River Basin
614:Sedimentary basins
423:Foumban Shear Zone
365:Saharan Metacraton
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855:Mandara Mountains
840:Imatong Mountains
795:Chaillu Mountains
775:Bambouk Mountains
712:Rio del Rey Basin
682:Niger Delta Basin
667:Iullemmeden Basin
559:Gulf of Suez Rift
554:East African Rift
539:Bahr el Arab rift
486:Gondwanide Orogen
418:Chuan Shear Zones
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108:Mount Kilimanjaro
92:Mitumba Mountains
88:Virunga Mountains
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993:0.1°S 37.2°E
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702:Owambo Basin
687:Ogaden Basin
677:Murzuq Basin
647:Douala Basin
622:Angola Basin
594:Urema Valley
579:Red Sea Rift
574:Muglad Basin
544:Benue Trough
350:Congo Craton
313:Rovuma Plate
297:Somali Plate
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717:Sirte Basin
672:Kufra Basin
662:Gabon Basin
657:Karoo Basin
642:Congo Basin
589:Atbara rift
569:Melut Basin
534:Anza trough
395:Shear zones
195:Exploration
116:Mount Elgon
112:Mount Kenya
1011:Categories
998:-0.1; 37.2
939:Mount Mabu
924:Anti-Atlas
915:Inselbergs
637:Chad Basin
219:References
156:See also:
94:, and the
959:Zuma Rock
954:Wase Rock
201:Europeans
46:, within
652:El Djouf
209:explored
122:origin.
120:volcanic
56:Tanzania
984:37°12′E
453:Orogens
337:shields
333:Cratons
213:climbed
147:endemic
143:savanna
68:Burundi
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627:Aoukar
282:Plates
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177:coffee
104:Africa
64:Rwanda
52:Uganda
521:Rifts
205:coast
189:Moshi
129:Fauna
100:peaks
48:Kenya
335:and
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