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Mount Kenya is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro.〔 The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is located in central Kenya, about south of the equator, around north-northeast of the capital Nairobi.〔 Mount Kenya is the source of the name of the Republic of Kenya. Mount Kenya is a stratovolcano created approximately 3 million years after the opening of the East African rift.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Philippe Nonnotte )〕 Before glaciation, it was high. It was covered by an ice cap for thousands of years. This has resulted in very eroded slopes〔 and numerous valleys radiating from the centre.〔 There are currently 11 small glaciers. The forested slopes are an important source of water for much of Kenya.〔 There are several vegetation bands from the base to the summit.〔 〕 The lower slopes are covered by different types of forest. Many alpine species are endemic to Mount Kenya, such as the giant lobelias and senecios and a local subspecies of rock hyrax. An area of around the centre of the mountain was designated a National Park and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.〔 The park receives over 16,000 visitors per year.〔 ==Mount Kenya National Park== (詳細はUNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The national park and the forest reserve, combined, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The Government of Kenya had four reasons for creating a national park on and around Mount Kenya. These were the importance of tourism for the local and national economies, preserve an area of great scenic beauty, conserve the biodiversity within the park and to preserve the water catchment for the surrounding area.〔 〕 Kenya’s government has announced a project to discourage animals from straying into small holdings surrounding the Park and devastating crops. The project will see the Park enclosed by an electric fence with five electrified strands and is expected to be completed by 2014. The fence will discharge an electric shock, but is not dangerous to humans or animals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Kenya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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