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fiogf49gjkf0d KENYA IS AN EASTERN AFRICAN COUNTRY SITUATED ON THE INDIAN
OCEAN. SURROUNDED BY THE SUDAN AND ETHIOPIA ON THE NORTH,
BY UGANDA TO THE WEST, TANZANIA ON THE SOUTH AND THE INDIAN
OCEAN AND SOMALIA ON THE EAST. THE COUNTRY MAY BE DIVIDED
INTO FIVE REGIONS: THE LAKE VICTORIA BASIN, HIGHLANDS
REGION, THE MAU ESCARPMENT, THE ABERDARE RANGE AND THE
EASTERN PLATEAU.
LAKE VICTORIA BASIN STRETCHES EAST ALONG THE BANKS OF LAKE
VICTORIA TO THE MAU ESCARPMENT. THIS IS A LEVEL PLATEAU AND
RISES TO ABOUT 1070M ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
THE HIGHLANDS REGION EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN KENYA TO THE
SOUTH, SPLITTING INTO TWO SECTIONS NEAR THE CENTRAL RIFT.
THE MAU ESCARPMENT IN THE WEST RISES TO ABOUT 2751M AND
STRETCHES FOR 320KM TO THE CHERANGANY HILLS.
THE ABERDARE RANGE IN THE EAST FORMS THE EASTERN BORDER TO
THE RIFT VALLEY. THIS STRETCHES FROM THE NGONG HILLS TO
NAIROBI LAIKIPIA PLATEAU AND REACHES A HEIGHT OF 3057M. THE
HIGHEST PEAK IS MT. KENYA AND RISES TO 5216M.
THE EASTERN PLATEAU REGION, INCLUDES THE NJIKA PLAIN,
BETWEEN THE COASTAL STRIP AND THE EASTERN HIGHLANDS SLOPING
GENTLY TOWARDS THE SEA. THE COASTAL REGION RUNS ALONG THE
INDIAN OCEAN AND IS RESTRICTED BY LOW HILLS TO THE WEST.
TANA IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RIVER AND FLOWS INTO THE INDIAN
OCEAN.
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