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KilimanjaroBy, Paige Burchard and
Jeet Patel
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Where is it?
• Tanzania • Latitude and
Longitude 3°4’33”S,
37°21’12”E• Njaro is a town
near the volcano• Near The Great Rift
Valley.
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Type of Volcano
• Dormant• Composite/Strato- Volcano
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The Magma
• Type of Magma- Andesitic Magma
• Medium Viscosity• Explosiveness-Gentle or Violent
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What created it?• Sits on a Divergent Plate Boundary.• Inside the African Plate Boundary,
but the Earth’s crust fractured and the convection currents found their way up through the crust.
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When has it erupted last?
•Last major eruption- 360,000 years ago
•Most recent activity- just 200 years ago
•Since it is Dormant it does not have a Eruption Interval.
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Measurements• 5,895 meters tall!• 19,341 feet tall!
• 17-18 times as tall as the Empire State Buliding!
*Paige likes measurements!
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How many people live near it?
• Over 1 MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!• 100,000 tourists, porter, and
guides attempt to climb it yearly• The people that live there have a
unique farming system.
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How has it made a global impact?
•Raised awareness for Global Warming because of melting glaciers
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Human Impact Ranking
• LOW!• Good soil• Many water sources.• It’s dormant