Question

Discuss five ways in which the barberton makhonjwa mountains benefit from receiving world heritage status

Answer 1

Situated in north-eastern South Africa, the Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains ... Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains World Heritage Site.

Answer 2

Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains:

Here, i have presented some important points as a reason for selecting Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains as a world heritage site by the UNESCO.

• Barberton Makhonjwa Mountain is situated in Northeast of South Africa with Barberton Greenstone Belt that covers 40% of its total area. The Greenstone Belt is the most popular and oldest geological structure of the world.
• This Mountain has many sedimentary and volcanic rocks that are nearly 3.25 billion years old that posses the geological records of the earth.
• This mountain surfs over many historical events like meteorite impacts, volcanic eruption, early life of the planet and continental drift.
• There is evidence that the life on our planet have started here in this mountain one billion years earlier than previously estimated.
• This mountain has been considered as the place of birth of life on the planet.