Kenya: Climate Report

Climate Report: Kenya
<Tab/>Kenya covers an area of approximately 224,960 square miles, slightly smaller than the state of Texas, and is situated in East Africa between 5° N and 5° S. It has a very diverse relief with a low coastal plain on the Indian Ocean shore, extensive inland plateau regions between 15 m/3,000 ft and 1,500 m/5,000 ft and several mountain ranges and isolated peaks such as Mount Kenya, which rises to 5,200 m/17,000 ft which has a permanent snow-cap. This geographical and climatic diversity has led to distinct distributions of veget…