Portal:Geography of Kenya
The geography of Kenya is diverse, it varies amongst Kenya's 47 Counties. Kenya has a coastline on the Indian Ocean, which contains swamps of East African mangroves. Inland are broad plains and numerous hills. Central and Western Kenya is characterised by the Kenyan Rift Valley home to two of Africa's highest mountains, Mount Kenya and Mount Elgon.The Kakamega Forest in western Kenya is relic of an East African rainforest. Much larger is the Mau Forest, the largest forest complex in East Africa.
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African leopards exhibit great variation in coat colour, depending on location and habitat. Coat colour varies from pale yellow to deep gold or tawny, and sometimes black, and is patterned with black rosettes while the head, lower limbs and belly are spotted with solid black. Male leopards are larger, averaging 60 kg (130 lb) with 91 kg (201 lb) being the maximum weight attained by a male. Females weigh about 35 to 40 kg (77 to 88 lb) in average.
Kenya now has de facto control of the area. The dispute arose from unclear wording of a 1914 treaty which attempted to allow for the movements of the Turkana people—nomadic herders who had traditionally grazed the area. The perceived economic marginality of the land as well as decades of Sudanese conflicts are two factors that have delayed the resolution of the dispute.
It is globally famous for its exceptional population of lions, leopards and cheetahs, and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson's gazelle, and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration.
Delonix baccal is a species of leguminous tree in the Fabaceae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
- Bodies of water of Kenya
- Borders of Kenya
- Counties of Kenya
- Deserts of Kenya
- Forests of Kenya
- Geology of Kenya
- Grasslands of Kenya
- Landforms of Kenya
- Lists related to Kenyan geography
- National parks of Kenya
- Parks in Kenya
- Populated places in Kenya
- Time in Kenya
- Wetlands of KenyaTemplate:/box-footer
- ... As of March 2013 Kenya is officially divided into 47 semi autonomous counties.
- ... Lake Turkana, in Kenya is the largest desert lake in the World.
- ... Nairobi, the capital city, is the only city in the world with a major National Park in it. Kenya also has all of the Big five game i.e.: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino.
- ... Kenya borders Africa’s largest lake by area, Lake Victoria. It is the largest tropical lake in the world. It is also the world's 2nd largest freshwater lake at a surface area of 68,800 square kilometres (26,600 sq mi).
- ... Mt Kenya is the second tallest Mountain in Africa. It is 5,199 metres (17,057 ft) tall.
- ... A third of the flowers in the European Union come from Kenya.Template:/box-footer
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