LHASA - A new county established on Friday in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has become the world's highest county-level administrative unit. With an average elevation of 5,000 meters, Shuanghu County is located in Nagqu Prefecture and was previously administered by Nyima County. ...
Elevation profile of the human and animal fascioliasis hyperendemic area in the Northern Bolivian Altiplano, depicting the altitudes reached by 10 °C mean annual temperatures in selected decades since 1950. Yellow circles represent locations with presence of lymnaeid populations during the 1990’s sur...
Elevation profile of the human and animal fascioliasis hyperendemic area in the Northern Bolivian Altiplano, depicting the altitudes reached by 10 °C mean annual temperatures in selected decades since 1950. Yellow circles represent locations with presence of lymnaeid populations during the 1990’s sur...
In order of elevation,Aconcaguais number two on the 7 summits list and is the highest peak outside of Asia as well as the highest in the Southern Hemisphere. It is located in theAndes mountain rangeofArgentina. Aconcagua is often considered to be one of the easiest climbing peaks for its...
Mount Kenya, volcano, central Kenya, lying immediately south of the Equator. It is the second highest mountain in Africa after Kilimanjaro, which is located some 200 miles (320 km) to the south. The Mount Kenya area was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage
Drummond in action climbing Mount Kenya. Dan Terpstra Because it’s there In an anecdotal story, someone once asked the explorer George Mallory why he was so desperate to summit Mount Everest, the mountain that eventually claimed his life. ...
• The Mount Kenya Massiv is the highest mountain range in Kenya with Mount Kenya (5199 m) as the second-highest peak of Africa. Other major peaks are Mount Batian (5199 m) and Mount Nelion (5188 m). • The Kilimanjaro Massiv with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawensi, and Shira...