Lub roob hluav taws yog qhov zoo nkauj heev, tab sis tib lub sijhawm txaus ntshai thiab tsis muaj qhov tshwm sim ntawm qhov xwm txheej. Pom nws qhov hluav taws kub txhais tau tias tau txais kev paub tsis nco qab, tab sis lub sijhawm no koj yuav tsum nyob deb ntawm qhov chaw ntawm cov xwm txheej, vim tias nws npog thaj chaw loj nrog cov tshauv, lava thiab cov foob pob hluav taws. Tej yam tshwm sim zoo li no muaj nyob hauv txhua lub teb chaws. Thiab hnub no peb yuav tham txog dab tsi yog lub roob hluav taws loj tshaj plaws hauv Africa, nws yog dab tsi.
Qhov siab tshaj plaws, tab sis tsis muaj lub roob hluav taws kub ntawm no yog Kilimanjaro. Nws qhov siab yog kwv yees li 5895 meters. Hauv Swahili, lub npe txhais tau tias "dawb roob". Lub roob hluav taws loj tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv teb chaws Africa nyob hauv Tanzania, tsuas yog 300 km sab qab teb ntawm txoj kab nruab nrab. Kilimanjaro muaj 3 cais cones, lub siab tshaj plaws yog Kibo (5895 meters). Lub ncov thib ob yog Mawenzi (5149 m), qhov thib peb yog Shira (3962 m). Nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm Kibo yog ib tug crater, txoj kab uas hlauas yog kwv yees li 3 km, qhov tob yog 800 m.
Lub roob hluav taws siab tshaj plaws hauv tebchaws Africa, uas nws lub npe koj twb paub lawm, pib tsim ntau lab xyoo dhau los, thaum lub lava hla dhau thaj tsam txhaum. Mawenzi thiab Shira twb ploj lawm ncov, tab sis Kibo tuaj yeem tawm hauv lub xeev so txhua lub sijhawm thiab rov ua kom muaj zog dua. Qhov kev tawg tseem ceeb kawg yog 360,000 xyoo dhau los, thiab cov ntaub ntawv ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub roob hluav taws tau sau tseg rau xyoo 19th.
Kilimanjaro tau tshawb pom los ntawm Johannes Rebman. Qhov no tshwm sim nyob rau hauv 1848, txawm hais tias, tau kawg, hais txog lub roob hluav taws no ntau xyoo ua ntej hnub nrhiav pom. Austrian Ludwig Purcheller thiab German Hans Meyer yog thawj tus nce siab tshaj plaws ntawm Kilimanjaro thaum Lub Kaum Hli 6, 1889.
Lub roob hluav taws loj tshaj plaws hauv tebchaws Africa muaj ntau cov daus saum toj kawg nkaus, uas tau tshwm sim muaj ntau xyoo dhau los tom qab lub hnub nyoog dej khov, thiab tam sim no nws cov nyiaj tau qis zuj zus. Cov kws tshawb fawb ntseeg tias tsis ntev cov daus yuav ploj mus tag nrho.
Kilimanjaro yog lub roob zoo nkauj, nce toj uas nrov heev nrog cov neeg tuaj ncig tebchaws uasi, vim nws tso cai rau koj hnov 3 thaj chaw huab cua ib zaug. Thaum pib (thawj 3 km) muaj hav zoov hav zoov, roob hav dej, kwj deg thiab dej tsaws tsag. Cov neeg nyob hauv thaj chaw no tau ua tiav cov txiv tsawb, kas fes, thiab pob kws. Nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub nce toj muaj suab puam, thiab nyob rau sab saum toj yog daus. Cov yam ntxwv ntawm Kilimanjaro yog qhov tsis muaj thaj tsam xyoob thiab qhov lojbiodiversity nrog tsawg endemicity ntawm qee hom.
Lub roob hluav taws loj tshaj plaws hauv Africa yog qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws rau cov neeg ncig tebchaws. Tseem muaj cov kev tsim tshwj xeeb ntawm no, qee qhov ntawm lawv yog tsim tshwj xeeb rau kev nce toj, lwm tus rau qhovntsej thiaj tsis mob. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov no tsis yooj yim li nws yuav zoo li. Ua ntej nce toj, tib neeg yuav tsum tau npaj, vim hais tias ntawm qhov siab siab nws yog ib qho yooj yim kom muaj kev tsis muaj oxygen, mob taub hau thiab hypothermia. Pulmonary lossis cerebral edema tuaj yeem tshwm sim. Raws li qee cov lus ceeb toom, ntau tus neeg tuag ntawm Kilimanjaro dua li ntawm Everest.
Tseem muaj cov roob hluav taws nyob hauv Africa, thiab ib qho ntawm cov loj tshaj plaws yog Cameroon, nws qhov siab yog ntau dua 4 km. Nws muaj zog heev, yog li nws muaj txoj hauv kev zoo kom nce qhov siab sai sai.
