What are found in only two places in Africa: on Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Kenya?
Mountaineering on Mount Kenya of Kilimanjaro. Dr Krapf also noted that the rivers flowing from Mt Kenya, and other mountains in the area, were continuously flowing. This was very different from the other rivers in the area, which swelled up in the wet season and completely dried up after the rainy season had ended. As the streams flowed even in the driest seasons he concluded that there must be a source of water up on the mountain, in the form of glaciers. He believed the mountain to be the source of the White Nile. In 1851 Krapf returned to Kitui. He travelled closer to
Climate of Mount Kenya years ago, the European Ice Sheet would have diverted the Atlantic weather systems over Kenya. This would have resulted in Kenya having a similar climate to present day Europe. Over the past 6,000 years Mount Kenya has had a series of at least six minor glacial advances as well, with the final maximum at the end of the little ice age in 1900. The fact that the East African climate was much colder generally can be seen by looking at the other mountains such as Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Ruwenzori and Mt Elgon. They are all isolated pockets of similar alpine