While conditions during the Younger Dryas were cold enough to support ice, it was also exceptionally dry, so much so that the region where Mount Kilimanjaro is located was semi-desert.
Obwohl die Bedingungen während der Jüngeren Dryaszeit kalt genug waren, um Eis zu erhalten, war es auch außergewöhnlich trocken; so sehr, dass die Region um den Kilimandscharo eine Halbwüste war.