Kilimanjaro: Quick Facts

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Snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro rises in the background behind flat-topped acacia trees and dry savanna in Kenya, Africa.

Acacia trees on the plain below the summits of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Kibo cone is at right, Mawensi (Mawenzi) at left.

African elephants (Loxodonta africana) live in the area surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Mount Kilimanjaro

A herd of African elephants walks across dry grassland with flat-topped acacia trees, with snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro rising in the background in Kenya.

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