Kilimanjaro - Education | National Geographic Society
2024年7月10日 · Located in Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s tallest mountain at about 5,895 meters (19,340 feet). It is the largest free-standing mountain rise in the world, meaning it is not part of a mountain range.
Oh no! This page was snatched by this mandrill. - Education
This endangered mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) was photographed by National Geographic Photographer Joel Sartore on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, in his ambitious project to document every species in captivity—inspiring people not just to care, but also to help protect these animals for future generations. Before drills disappear, like this webpage has, learn how …
Kilimanjaro - Education | National Geographic Society
Located in Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa’s tallest mountain at about 5,895 meters (19,340 feet). It is the largest free-standing mountain rise in the world, meaning it is not part of a mountain range.
Rift Valley - National Geographic Society
2024年1月4日 · The Gregory Rift stretches from the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea to as far south as Mount Kilimanjaro. One of the most important features of the Gregory Rift is the Afar Triple Junction, found where the Horn of Africa straddles the …
Mount Kosciuszko - National Geographic Society
2023年10月19日 · Mount Kosciuszko is the tallest mountain peak in mainland Australia at 2,228 meters (7,310 feet) tall. It is located in the state of New South Wales, in the southeastern part of the country. It is not technically Australia’s largest peak, because a volcano (Mawson Peak) on the Australian-owned Heard Island off the coast of Antarctica is taller. While Mawson Peak is …
Africa Is Rifting Apart, But This ‘Crack’ in Kenya Doesn’t Have …
2018年4月9日 · Mai Mahiu and the Rift Valley Province are part of the East African Rift, the southern portion of the Great Rift Valley. Specifically, the Kenyan rift is part of the Gregory Rift, a series of faults stretching from the Gulf of Aden to Mount Kilimanjaro.
Glaciers: Moving Rivers of Ice - National Geographic Society
2023年10月19日 · In 1912, the glaciers on Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro covered 12 square kilometers (4.6 square miles). In 2009, Kilimanjaro’s alpine glaciers had shrunk to two square kilometers (0.8 square miles). This reduction is the result of few heavy snowfalls.
Mount Everest - Education
2023年10月19日 · Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalaya mountain range. It is located between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China. At 8,849 meters (29,032 feet), it is considered the tallest point on Earth.
Ice Cap - National Geographic Society
2023年10月19日 · Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, the tallest mountain in Africa, used to have enormous ice caps on its summit. Today, the Furtwangler glacier is the mountain's only remaining ice cap, at 60,000 square kilometers (23,166 square miles).
A Walk Across China Follows the Footsteps of a Ghostly Army
2024年8月20日 · For going on three years now, I’ve been walking across China. When done, I’ll have logged some 4,200 miles. Starting in the southwest in October 2021 and rambling northeast, I’ve roughly followed an imaginary geographical divide called the Hu Line, which separates China’s lusher, densely populated east from its more arid and roomier west.