You'll fall in love once you know that :
1. I am the highest mountain between the Himalayas & the mountain range of New Guinea and.
2. the hisghest on Borneo, all other mountains are at least 1,5000 m lower.
3. I have over 5000 plant species which is the highest plant diversity globally per unit-area.
4. I am one of the youngest mountains in the world (beetween 7-8 million years) and
5. I am still growing.
6. I am the 20th most prominent peak in the world and
7. I have the deepest ravines in the world called Low's Gully with vertical walls over 1,500m high.
8. I am not a volcano but the only granite mountain in Borneo.
9. I was covered with glaciers up to about 10,000 years ago.
10. I am the richest place in the world for Pitcher Plants.
11. I have the richest orchid diversity in the world with over 900 species.
12. 326 bird species have been recorded within me.
I am Mount Kinabalu, a World Heritage Site.
(Credit to Asia Edition Knowledge Magazine, Vol. 3 Issue 6)
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