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Kenya
Basic Information
Official languages: English, Swahili
Capital: Nairobi
Surface: 580 367 km²
Population: 41,070,934 (July 2011)
Currency: Kenyan shilling (KES)
Time Difference: +2
web | code | Tel: .ke | KEN | +254
General
Kenya or Kenya (officially: Jamhuri ya Kenya; English: Republic of Kenya) is a presidential republic in East Africa and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Kenya belongs with Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia to the "Horn of Africa".
Kenya lies on the equator, has an area of 582 646 km2 and is 14x larger than the Netherlands. Waterways such as rivers or lakes and 11 230 km2 confiscated. Kenya is bordered to the north by Ethiopia (830 km) and Sudan (232 km) east of Somalia (682 km) and the Indian Ocean in the west to Uganda (933 km) and Lake Victoria, in southern Tanzania (769 km).
For here and there indented coast are a series of coral reefs and several islets, among others Lama archipelago and Mandu. Of up to 200 km wide and 150 m high coastal land slopes gently up to in parallel located 150 to 300 meters high plateau region. In the north and northwest is this about in an area with heights of 300 to 1500 meters, belonging to the East African plateau, passing in the southwest in the Kenya Highlands, 1500 to 3000 m.
The Highlands are intersected in a north-south through the East African Rift Valley, which is a tributary of the north-south running Great Rift Valley or Great Rift Valley, which lies 600 to 900 meters higher than the surrounding area and volcanoes is flanked. The graben is 48 to 64 kilometers wide. Near Lake Naivasha, the Rift about 2000 meters above sea level.
Mount
Here we also find the second highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kenya (5199 meters). This area is the most fertile of the country and the lower parts of the mountains are intensively used for agriculture. This graben are a number of lakes, including the large territory of Kenya lying Rudolf Lake, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha and Magadi- more. Lake Victoria, of which only the eastern end is territory of Kenya, lies between the two rifts in. Near Lake Victoria is also the second highest mountain in Kenya, Mount Elgon (4321 meters). The Great Rift Valley runs from the Middle East to Malawi and is more than 5,000 kilometers long.
Landscape
Western Kenya consists of rolling hills stretching from the Sudan border in the north to Tanzania in the south. In the south, the fertile countryside into a vast savannah. Here are the largest and most popular wildlife reserves. South of the Amboseli reserve rice Kilimanjaro (5895 meters) on the highest mountain in Africa, which are entirely located in Tanzania. Northern and eastern Kenya consist of a mountainous landscape with many bushes which turns into a desert where rain seldom falls. Here we find the most wild and pristine landscape of Kenya.
Partially navigable rivers are the Sabaki and Tana.
Climate and Weather
Temperature, precipitation and humidity in Kenya differences subject. Four zones are distinguished with more or less the same climate.
The undulating plateau in Western Kenya is generally very warm and with a proper humidity. Rain falls throughout the year. In April, is the most rain, up to 200 mm; in January is the least rain, about 40 mm. The minimum temperatures are between 14 and 18 ° C and the maximum temperatures of between 30 and 34 ° C. Further west, near Lake Victoria, has a tropical climate with average temperatures of 18 to 30 ° C; here are heavy tropical rains.
The central highlands and the Rift Valley have the most pleasant temperatures, although here too large differences can be observed. In the lowest parts of the Rift Valley it is quite dry and the Mount Kenya is eternal snow. Rainfall ranges from 20 mm to 200 mm in July in April and mainly falls in the period March to May (long rains) and October to December (short rains). In the Aberdare Mountains and Mount Kenya is the most precipitation to often more than 3000 mm per year. The temperatures range from a minimum of 10 to 14 ° C to a maximum of 22 to 26 ° C.
The vast semi-arid bushland and desert areas are characterized by large temperature differences in the north and northeast. During the day it is around 40 ° C while the temperature at night drops back to values between 15 and 20 ° C. It does not rain often, and when it rains happened often in rainstorms. July is here the driest month and November the wettest. The average rainfall is between 250 and 500 mm per year.
The coastal region is hot and humid all year round, although the temperature is tempered by the sea breeze. The rainfall varies from 20 mm in February to 300 mm in May. Annual precipitation between 1000 and 1250 mm. The average temperatures are about the same throughout the year, between 22 and 30 ° C.
Official languages: English, Swahili
Capital: Nairobi
Surface: 580 367 km²
Population: 41,070,934 (July 2011)
Currency: Kenyan shilling (KES)
Time Difference: +2
web | code | Tel: .ke | KEN | +254
General
Kenya or Kenya (officially: Jamhuri ya Kenya; English: Republic of Kenya) is a presidential republic in East Africa and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Kenya belongs with Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia to the "Horn of Africa".
Kenya lies on the equator, has an area of 582 646 km2 and is 14x larger than the Netherlands. Waterways such as rivers or lakes and 11 230 km2 confiscated. Kenya is bordered to the north by Ethiopia (830 km) and Sudan (232 km) east of Somalia (682 km) and the Indian Ocean in the west to Uganda (933 km) and Lake Victoria, in southern Tanzania (769 km).
For here and there indented coast are a series of coral reefs and several islets, among others Lama archipelago and Mandu. Of up to 200 km wide and 150 m high coastal land slopes gently up to in parallel located 150 to 300 meters high plateau region. In the north and northwest is this about in an area with heights of 300 to 1500 meters, belonging to the East African plateau, passing in the southwest in the Kenya Highlands, 1500 to 3000 m.
The Highlands are intersected in a north-south through the East African Rift Valley, which is a tributary of the north-south running Great Rift Valley or Great Rift Valley, which lies 600 to 900 meters higher than the surrounding area and volcanoes is flanked. The graben is 48 to 64 kilometers wide. Near Lake Naivasha, the Rift about 2000 meters above sea level.
Mount
Here we also find the second highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kenya (5199 meters). This area is the most fertile of the country and the lower parts of the mountains are intensively used for agriculture. This graben are a number of lakes, including the large territory of Kenya lying Rudolf Lake, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha and Magadi- more. Lake Victoria, of which only the eastern end is territory of Kenya, lies between the two rifts in. Near Lake Victoria is also the second highest mountain in Kenya, Mount Elgon (4321 meters). The Great Rift Valley runs from the Middle East to Malawi and is more than 5,000 kilometers long.
Landscape
Western Kenya consists of rolling hills stretching from the Sudan border in the north to Tanzania in the south. In the south, the fertile countryside into a vast savannah. Here are the largest and most popular wildlife reserves. South of the Amboseli reserve rice Kilimanjaro (5895 meters) on the highest mountain in Africa, which are entirely located in Tanzania. Northern and eastern Kenya consist of a mountainous landscape with many bushes which turns into a desert where rain seldom falls. Here we find the most wild and pristine landscape of Kenya.
Partially navigable rivers are the Sabaki and Tana.
Climate and Weather
Temperature, precipitation and humidity in Kenya differences subject. Four zones are distinguished with more or less the same climate.
The undulating plateau in Western Kenya is generally very warm and with a proper humidity. Rain falls throughout the year. In April, is the most rain, up to 200 mm; in January is the least rain, about 40 mm. The minimum temperatures are between 14 and 18 ° C and the maximum temperatures of between 30 and 34 ° C. Further west, near Lake Victoria, has a tropical climate with average temperatures of 18 to 30 ° C; here are heavy tropical rains.
The vast semi-arid bushland and desert areas are characterized by large temperature differences in the north and northeast. During the day it is around 40 ° C while the temperature at night drops back to values between 15 and 20 ° C. It does not rain often, and when it rains happened often in rainstorms. July is here the driest month and November the wettest. The average rainfall is between 250 and 500 mm per year.
The coastal region is hot and humid all year round, although the temperature is tempered by the sea breeze. The rainfall varies from 20 mm in February to 300 mm in May. Annual precipitation between 1000 and 1250 mm. The average temperatures are about the same throughout the year, between 22 and 30 ° C.
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