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Posted 25 Apr 2024

Updated 26 Apr 2024

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Kenya (Capital: Nairobi)

  •  Heavy rains in the capital city have resulted in devastating floods.

 

  •  Political boundaries
    • Lies on the East Africa coast, bordered by the Indian Ocean.
    • Somalia to the east, Ethiopia and South Sudan to the north, and Uganda and Tanzania, west and south respectively.

 

  • Geographical feature
    • Major mountain: Mt Kenya (second highest in Africa), Aberdare Range, Mau Escarpment
    • Major rivers: Athi, Tana
    • Lake Victoria on the western border.
    • Bisected horizontally by the Equator.
    • Great Rift Valley passes through it.

 

 

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  • Kenya
  • Nairobi
  • Lake Victoria
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