Chyulu Hills National Park protects a young volcanic mountain range in Makueni County, southeastern Kenya, gazetted in 1983 and covering about 741 square kilometers. The hills form a roughly 100 kilometer volcanic field of small flows and cones that began forming about 1.4 million years ago, with a highest peak of 2,188 meters, and contain the Leviathan Cave, at about 11 kilometers one of the longest lava tubes in Africa. The park has no permanent rivers, but its rainfall feeds the Tsavo and Galana rivers and Mzima Springs, and supports eastern black rhinoceros, Cape buffalo, elephant, Masai giraffe, leopard, lion, wildebeest, Grant's zebra and cheetah.
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1. Chyulu Hills (Wikipedia)
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Gazetted in 1983 Last two eruptions of (Shaitani and Chainu) occurred in 1856
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The Leviathan Cave (also known as Kisula caves) in Chyulu Hills National Park is about 11 km (6.8 mi) long, one of the longest caves in Africa.
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The Leviathan Cave (also known as Kisula caves) in Chyulu Hills National Park is about 11 km (6.8 mi) long, one of the longest caves in Africa.
Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
The Chyulu Hills is a mountain range in Makueni County in southeastern Kenya.
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Kenya Wildlife Service
Part Of: Kenya, Lead paragraph
Chyulu Hills is a mountain range in Makueni County in southeastern Kenya.
On Continent: Africa, Lead paragraph names Kenya; continent follows from the atlas record for Kenya
The Chyulu Hills is a mountain range in Makueni County in southeastern Kenya
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