THE TANZANIA HIGHEST MOUNTAINS, EMPAKAAI CRATER AND THE SERENGETI PLAINS

 At 5895 metres (19,341 feet) tall, Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world
Mount Meru is the 5th highest mountain on the African continent an 2nd highest in Tanzania and ajoins the Arusha National Park in the west.
Ol Doinyo Lengai, "Mountain of God" in the Maasai language, is an active volcano located in the Gregory Rift, south of Lake Natron within the Arusha Region in Tanzania
The Empakaai Crater is a collapsed volcanic caldera which is 300 meters high and has a width of 6 km. The Crater is filled with a deep alkaline lake which occupies about 75% of the Crater's floor and is about 85 meters deep.
Serengeti Plain-During February the wildebeest spend their time on the short grass plains of the south eastern part of the ecosystem, grazing and giving birth to approximately 500,000 calves within a 2 to 3-week period: a remarkably synchronized event.


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