sign mounted to a large rock

sign mounted to a large rock. The sign is made of white rectangular board and is bolted to the rock. The sign contains text in black lettering, which reads: "MZIMA SPRINGS," "MZIMA SPRINGS SITUATED FORTY KILOMETERS FROM MOMBASA IS A UNIQUE LANDSCAPE AND IS COMPOSED IN THE GREATEST ATTRACTION IN TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK." "LOCATED IN THE VAST SEMI DESERT NATION OF SOUTHERN KENYA, THE SPRINGS REPRESENT THE GREATEST ATTRACTION OF THIS PARK WITH ITS UNIQUE LANDSCAPE. MZIMA SPRINGS ARISE FROM THE CLEAR WATER BUBBLES OUT FROM A MASS OF SOLIDIZING LAVA, ALONG THE FOOT OF THE YULI HILLS." "THE LATTER'S SOUTHERN EDGE WAS VERY RECENT IN GEOLOGICAL TIME WHEN THE WEST COAST WAS THE VULCANIC ACTION WHICH WAS THE SOURCE FROM WHICH MZIMA FLOWS WERE BY THE YULI HILLS THERE IS THE 'TOP POOL' AND THE LONG POOL. FROM NORTH TO WEST ACCOMPANIED BY A SMALL STREAM WHICH." "ORIGIN OF MZIMA," "THE CHYULU HILLS ARE COMPOSED MAINLY OF VOLCANIC ASH AND LAVA. THE PROPERTIES OF THE LAVA FORM A FILTER WHICH RUNS ON THE HILLS. UNDER THE YULI HILLS WAS THE PREHISTORIC LAKE." "THE WATER FROM THE LAKE IS FILTERED DOWNWARD THROUGH THE YULI HILLS WHERE IT ENTERS THE TWO VOLCANIC ZONES OF THE SPRINGS WHERE IT BECOMES MZIMA WATER." "MZIMA SPRINGS ARE FOUND IN THE LODGE AND ON THE SATURES, WE ENJOYING THE GOOD SPECIES, WHICH PASSES BY. THE MEANDERING OF THE SPRINGS, THE CHYULU HILLS ARE THE MAIN SOURCE FOR THIS SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT." "THE VOLCANIC BANKS BY THE SPRINGS ARE RICH IN LUSH VEGETATION, WHERE BABOONS, MONKEYS, WARTHOGS AND BUFFALO ARE SEEN." "THE MEANDERING THROUGH THE UNIQUE LANDSCAPE FROM THE SURROUNDINGS, WILD DATE PALM, LEAVES PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR THE WHOLE AREA AND ARE USED AS A NATURAL SHELTER." "THE MEANDERING OF THE SPRINGS ALONG THE BANKS IS A RICH SOURCE FOR THE MANY BIRD SPECIES." "FISH ARE FOUND IN THE SPRINGS AND ALSO IN THE CANNALS. IN THE SPRING, ELEPHANTS, BUFFALO, CROCODILE, JEBIRA AND CROCUS, USE THE SOURCE OF WATER FOR DRINKS." "MZIMA SPRINGS PLAYS A VITAL ROLE AS THE SOURCE OF WATER WHICH IS PIPED TO MOMBASA AND COMPLETES 1956 TO MOMBASA. THE WATER MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SOURCE IS FILTERED DOWNWARD BY GRAVITY." "THE MZIMA SPRINGS THEREFORE CONSTITUTE AN IMPORTANT NATURAL RESOURCE AND CONVENIENCE." The rock is in the natural environment of the park and is surrounded by vegetation. The coordinates provided place this sign near the MZIMA Springs in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya.