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Fun fact 5 about Mount Kenya

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Mount Kenya is the main water catchment area for the Tana River, which supplies 80% of Kenya's electricity.

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Mount Kenya

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Elevation
5,199 m
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26th tallest mountain in the world

Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa. Located about 150 km north-northeast of the capital Nairobi and just 16.5 kilometres south of the equator, the mountain's highest peaks are Batian, Nelion, and Point Lenana.

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Photo: Don Elvis Muraya · CC BY-SA 4.0