Drakensberg: Quick Facts

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Green slopes and rugged peaks of the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa under a cloudy sky.

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Rif Atlas Mountains Ruwenzori Range Tibesti Virunga Mountains High Atlas Simien Mountains Aïr massif Anti-Atlas Middle Atlas

Mount Kenya in Mount Kenya National Park is the highest mountain in Africa. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Giant Lobelia in foreground. (Mt. Kenya; Mt. Kenya National Park; mountains; rugged mountain; African geography, African landscape, stratovolcano)

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