Wednesday, 15 July 2009

FACTS ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN KILIMANJARO

THIS WEEK WE ARE HAVING AN INTERNATIONAL THEME WEEK.WE HAVE HAD VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.TWO FROM SENAGAL IN WEST OF AFRICA, THREE FROM TANZANIA AND THREE FROM BRAZIL.TODAY WE HAVE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT TANZANIA AND GOING INTO DIFFERRENT CLASS ROOMS TO DO SOME VERY FUN ACTIVITIES.HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT MOUNTAIN KILIMANJARO IN TANZANIA.





.The structure is composed of 3 volcanoes: Kibo (19,340 feet), Mawenzi (16,896 feet), and Shira (13,000 feet).



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Today, about 15,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro each year, as a spiritual journey or as a personal challenge



.You may see elephants, buffalo, and eland on the northern slopes; black & white colobus monkeys, Sykes monkeys, and tropical boubou in the forest belt; and birds such as sun birds, augur buzzard, mountain hawk eagle, lammergeier and white-naped ravens

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