Chikamu chepakati chechando chinokanganiswa nekuvapo kweiyo Kibo crater. Iyo yepamusoro glaciers neminda yechando hazviratidze zvakakosha kufamba kwakatwasuka nekuti hupamhi hwavo hushoma hunodzivirira kushanduka kukuru. Geological humbowo hunoratidza mashanu akateedzana echando zviitiko panguva yeQuaternary nguva, zvinoti Yekutanga (500,000 BP), Yechipiri (yakakura kupfuura 360,000 makore apfuura kusvika 240,000 BP), Yechitatu (150,000 kusvika 120,000 BP), Yechina (inozivikanwawo se "Kuru") (20,000 kusvika 17,000 BP), uye inotevera Little (16,000 kusvika 14,000 BP). Iyo Yechitatu inogona kunge iri yakakwirira kwazvo, uye iyo Little inopatsanurwa kuita yega glaciers.
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