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	Mount Karisimbi - Encyclopedia.com
		Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 8/18/1996; 858 words; Byline: Chris Tomlinson Associated Press MOUNT KARISIMBI, Rwanda -- Umogome sits atop a volcano on the Rwanda-Zaire border, watching...
		Virunga National Park, Rwanda -- The 330-pound mountain gorilla sat in the dense, damp forest that covers the slopes of Mount Karisimbi, peering at reporters as he picked lice from his fur.
		Mount Nyiragongo, the mountain the vulcanologist had studied for...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-368938.html (573 words)

	Terrestrial Volcanoes
		In the United States on March 27, 1980, Mount St. Helens Volcano in the Cascade Range, southwestern Washington, reawakened after more than a century of dormancy and provided a dramatic and tragic reminder that there are active volcanoes in the "lower 48" States as well as in Hawaii and Alaska.The catastrophic eruption of Mount St.
		The main volcanic crater on Mount Pinatubo produced by the June 1991 eruptions, and the steep slopes on the upper flanks of the volcano, are easily seen in this image.
		The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines is well known for its near-global effects on the atmosphere and climate due to the large amount of sulfur dioxide that it injected into the upper atmosphere.
	www.solarviews.com /span/tervolc.htm (1820 words)

	Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond: Mount Kenya
		Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa, another of the great isolated stratovolcanoes which dominate the horizons from the plains of East Africa.
		Mount Kenya may once have been higher than Kilimanjaro, although claims made in certain sources that it once reached 25000+ feet (7600+ m) are surely exaggerated.
		The glaciers of Mount Kenya have been skied and snowboarded numerous times, including an extreme descent from the Gate of the Mists down the Diamond Glacier, which is normally considered the finest ice climb on the mountain.
	www.skimountaineer.com /ROF/ROF.php?name=Kenya (338 words)

	Blurtit - When was the last time Mount Karisimbi erupted?
		Mount Karisimbi is a dormant volcano of Stratovolcano type.
		The word Karisimbi is said to be taken from the word Kinyarwanda, which in local language means Little White Shell.
		Mount Karisimbi is lined by Mikeno to the north, Nyiragongo to the west and Bisoke to the east.
	www.blurtit.com /q425388.html (145 words)

	Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond: Karisimbi
		Karisimbi is the highest of the volcanoes at nearly 15000 ft (4500 m), followed closely by Mikeno and Muhavura each at over 13000 ft (4000 m).
		Karisimbi is a complex stratovolcano near the middle of the range which still retains a symmetrical form despite over 10000 years of inactivity, while Mikeno is a very old, eroded and extinct spire of bare rock just to north.
		In fact, the name Karisimbi means "the white shell" in the local Kinyuruanda language, a reference to its occasionally snow-capped appearance.
	www.skimountaineer.com /ROF/ROF.php?name=Karisimbi (344 words)

	Mount Karisimbi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Karisimbi summit seen from the campsite in 2005
		The name Karisimbi probably comes a word in the local language, Kinyarwanda, which means Little white shell.
		This is an allusion to the white snow cap that can sometimes be found on the volcano.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Karisimbi (194 words)

	Terrestrial Volcanoes
		Mount St. Helens has erupted approximately every 100 to 150 years or so since 1400 A.D. Mount Lassen erupted in 1915.
		Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier are typical of the graceful solitary cones known as composite cones (or stratovolcanoes) with slopes made of innumerable pyroclastic layers interspersed with lava flows.
		On the upper slopes of some volcanoes, such as Mount Rainier, the perennial snows spawn glaciers that descend for many miles as rivers of ice.
	www.iki.rssi.ru /solar/eng/tervolc.htm (2290 words)

	Skiing the Pacific Ring of Fire and Beyond: Mount Elgon
		Mount Elgon is a huge, ancient, and eroded stratovolcano which sits astride the Uganda-Kenya border.
		Although not the tallest of the isolated volcanoes of East Africa, it is among the largest in volume, rising up from a base over 50 miles (80 km) in diameter on the plains at about 4000 ft (1200 m) elevation.
		These caves are not lava tubes, since Elgon has few suitable lava flows, but are instead eroded from the volcanic tuff (welded ash flows) which make up the bulk of Elgon's volume (digging by elephants may also contribute to the enlargement of the caves).
	www.skimountaineer.com /ROF/ROF.php?name=Elgon (335 words)

	Entrepreneur has quixotic goal of wiring Rwanda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		MOUNT KARISIMBI, Rwanda -- Greg Wyler, an American tech entrepreneur, dreams of bringing the Internet to this troubled country.
		One of Terracom's biggest tasks was making operational the Mount Karisimbi communications tower.
		The lush, mountainous area, where gorillas roam, has seen little but warfare since the 130-foot tower was built in 1989, initially to provide FM radio.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06229/714284-96.stm (1918 words)

	PhotoXplore.com - The Mountain Gorillas of the Virungas
		The total population of mountain gorillas at the time of Schaller's research was estimated to be 400-500 individuals (although no accurate census was performed).
		The mountain gorillas of the Virungas region live in a narrow 25-mile long strip of land which stretches across the borders of three central Africa's countries: Uganda, Rwanda and Congo.
		In this strip of land lie six extinct volcanoes (Mikeno, Karisimbi, Visoke, Sabinyo, Gahinga and Muhavura) that form the Virungas mountain range, varying in height from 11,400 to 14,782 feet (approximately, from 3,474 to 4,505 meters).
	www.photoxplore.com /mountain_gorillas.htm (2418 words)

	Mount Meru and Shambhala
		In the mythology of Tibetan Buddhism, Mount Meru is a place which simultaneously represents the center of the universe and the single-pointedness of mind sought by adepts.
		Thousands of miles in height, Meru is located somewhere beyond the physical plane of reality, in a realm of perfection and transcendence.
		Symbolic representations of Mount Meru are commonly found in Tibetan mandalas, contemplative diagrams designed to aid meditators in focusing.
	www.dr-yo.com /meru.html (505 words)

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		To the right are three volcanoes, Mount Karisimbi, rising 4,500 meters (14,800 feet) high; Mount Sabinyo, rising 3,600 meters (12,000 feet) high; and Mount Muhavura, rising 4,100 meters (13,500 feet) high.
		To their left is Nyamuragira volcano, which is 3,053 meters (10,017 feet) tall, with radiating lava flows dating from the 1950s to the late 1980s.
		The summit of Mount is gray, evidence of the lack of vegetation in this alpine environment.
	www.informatics.org /gorilla/sts-68.html (1300 words)

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		Rwanda is also often referred to as the country of a "thousand hills" (mille collines), because of its numerous highly dissected hills, often with flat peaks and convex slopes, separated by relatively narrow valleys, with the lowest altitude of 950m at Rusizi River and the highest altitude at Mount Karisimbi of 4,519 m.
		Rwanda is often referred to as the country of a "thousand hills" (mille collines), because of its numerous highly dissected hills, often with flat peaks and convex slopes, separated by relatively narrow valleys, with the lowest altitude of 950m at Rusizi River and the highest altitude at Mount Karisimbi 4,519 m.
		Mikeno and Sabinio are the oldest of these, dating from the early part of the Pleistocene Epoch (the Pleistocene began about 1,800,000 years ago and lasted until about 10,000 years ago); their craters have disappeared, and erosion has imposed a jagged relief.
	www-wds.worldbank.org /servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2004/02/25/000090341_20040225150552/Rendered/INDEX/E87810paper.txt (15446 words)

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		The large volcano in the center of the image is Mt. Karisimbi (4,500 meters or 14,800 feet).
		The hagenia vegetation zone on the slopes of Mount Karisimbi shows as a lighter green at bottom, with the Mimulopsis and mixed forest above in a darker green.
		This full resolution image shows the southern portion of the reserve, centered on Mount Karisimbi (14,787 ft), again using the same three bands but using an inverted color table.
	www.informatics.org /gorilla/sts-59.html (1247 words)

	Africa Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
		Similar large-scale earth movements are also believed responsible for the formation of the Great Rift Valley of E Africa, which is the continent’s most spectacular land feature.
		The lava flows of the recent and subrecent epochs in the Ethiopian Highlands, and volcanoes farther S, are associated with the rift; among the principal volcanoes are Kilimanjaro, Kenya, Nyamlagira, Elgon, Meru, and the Virunga range with Mount Karisimbi.
		A less spectacular rift, the Cameroon Rift, is associated with volcanic activity in W Africa and trends NE from Saint Helena Island to São Tomé, Príncipe, Bioko, and as far as the Tibesti Massif in the Sahara.
	www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Africa.html (2870 words)

	Mountain Adventures
		Volcanoes grow by the addition of hot molten rock that reaches the surface during eruptions.
		Mount Karisimbi is an example of a volcano.
		If two continental plates move away from each other (see diagram: divergent plate boundary), eventually an ocean is formed.
	www.kidsgardening.com /TMI/module1/m1p4.htm (410 words)

	geographic & remote sensing information
		The Virunga Mountains, the highest in this region, show up as white dots at upper left.
		Mount Karisimbi, the highest point, is 4,535 m (14,870 ft) high, slightly higher than Mount Whitney, the highest point in the "Lower 48" United States.
		The Congo-Nile crest forms the east wall of the west branch of the Great African Rift, a deep valley cutting through the highlands of Africa that may someday widen into a new ocean.
	www.cotf.edu /ete/modules/mgorilla/mgregionalscale.html (971 words)

	Mount Karisimbi - Peakware World Mountain Encyclcopedia
		Mount Karisimbi is the highest of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains.
		Karisimbi is the highest of the eight major volcanoes of the Virunga field, a western branch of the East African rift valley.This stratovolcano is part of a group of volcanoes in the Bufumbira field which is an eastern region of Virunga.
		Karisimbi lavas have been dated from 0.24 Ma to 0.010 Ma.
	www.peakware.com /peaks.html?pk=1035 (246 words)

	Rwanda wildlife tour, Volcanoes climb,Gorilla and Chimp Safari
		Breakfast at leisure, thentransfer on a lovely 4 hour drive through winding roads to the Mountain Gorillas Nest Lodge for dinner and overnight.
		Morning start your climb to the Mount Karisimbi.Mount Karisimbi is the highest of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga Mountains.
		It is a huge dome, now dormant, that dominates the range, more in girth than in height.
	www.travelust.com /rwWildlife.php (478 words)

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		Change detection is useful in measuring deforestation and other natural and human alterations of the environment.
		This image shows the 1975 eruption of Mount Nyiragongo as imaged from the Landsat Multi Spectral Scanner (bands 3, 2, 1).
		The Gorilla reserve is at right, in pink, with clouds covering the summit of Mount Karisimbi (4,500 meters).
	www.informatics.org /gorilla/older.html (438 words)

	GeoSystems Today Virtual Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Karisimbi in in the center, Mikeno to left and Muhabura in the far distance.
		Slide 22 in Tour V shows an actual photo of the vertical profile of Mount Karisimbi from the same direction as the DEM.
		The view is from the southwest along the chain looking toward the east-northeast.
	www.wiley.com /college/geocases/cases/case7/images/tour_4/4_9.html (83 words)

	Utamaduni: An Advanced Level Course in Swahili Language and Culture
		A Kikuyu, by 1925 he had become a leader in the Kikuyu Central Association (KCA), beginning his political career.
		In the 1930s and 40s he lived in Europe, where, among other activities, he studied Anthropology at the London School of Economics, which led to the publication of his book on Kikuyu culture, Facing Mount Kenya (1938).
		Kinandi the Nandi language, a language of the Nandi, as subgroup of the Kalenjin ethnic group.
	african.lss.wisc.edu /utamaduni/culturalrefs.htm (6397 words)

	›- [National University of Rwanda] ›- News Center ›- Development Gateway Foundation Renews ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		During their visit they met with the ministers of finance and education, as well as the minister of state in charge of energy and communications.
		They also had the opportunity to meet with representatives of government agencies and the private sector, as well as to view the work in progress in the erection of a mast and communications facilities on Mount Karisimbi.
		Fleeton met with His Excellency Paul Kagame, president of the Republic of Rwanda on October 14.
	www.nur.ac.rw /article.php3?id_article=271 (623 words)

	Virtual Tour IV for Case 7:The East African Rift System and Volcanism in the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda, Africa
		: Mt. Karisimbi and Exotic Crops in the Upper Afro-Montane Forest Belt.
		: View of the Southwestern Slopes of Mt. Karisimbi.
		: View of Mikeno from the summit of Mount Karisimbi on a Clear Day.
	www.wiley.com /college/ford_test/case7/images/tour_5/tour_5.html (301 words)

	Last Refuge Photo Library Aerial Image Search: Aerial images, Aircraft, Extreme Sports: Adrian Warren
		Aerials (aerial image) of Africa: Mount Visoke with Mount Mikeno in background, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003
		Aerials (aerial image) of Africa: Aerialimage of Mount Mikeno and Mount Karisimbi, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003
		Aerials (aerial image) of Africa: Mount Mikeno and Mount Karisimbi, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, 2003
	www.lastrefuge.co.uk /php/show_photographer_aerials_text.php?name= (2370 words)

	Rwanda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		To the west of the divide, the land drops sharply to Lake Kivu in the Great African Rift Valley; to the east, the land falls gradually across the central plateau - its grassy highlands are the core areas of settlement of Rwanda's population - to the swamps and lakes on the country's eastern border.
		Most of Rwanda is 3,000 ft above sea level, with much of the central plateau being higher than 4, 700 ft. In the northwest, on the border with Zaire, are the volcanic Virunga Mountains; the highest peak, Mount Karisimbi (14,870 ft) is snowcapped.
		Lake Kivu, 4,700 feet above sea level, drains into Lake Tanganyika, through the sharply descending Ruzizi River.
	aaas.la.psu.edu /Countries/rwanda.html (186 words)

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