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What is found in the Great Rift Valley?
The most well-known rift valley on Earth is probably the so-called “Great Rift Valley System” which stretches from the Middle East in the north to Mozambique in the south. The area is geologically active, and features volcanoes, hot springs, geysers, and frequent earthquakes.
What lives in the Rift Valley?
The Great Rift Valley’s inhabitants include lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, cheetahs, giraffes, antelopes, zebras and primates.
What plants live on Mount Kenya?
The dominant plants are aromatic small-leaved shrubs: tree heathers Erica arborea and Phillippia species, African sage Artemisia afra, Hypericum keniense, Protea kilimandscharica, Helichrysum chionides and Euryops brownei. There are several gentians Swertia spp. and sedges Carex spp.
What are the plants and animals in Kenya?
In the thornbushes and thickets of the arid regions are elephants, rhinoceroses, lions, leopards, giraffes, gerenuk, impalas, dik-diks, and various kinds of kudu; suni antelope, buffalo, and elephants are found in the coastal forest.
Is Africa splitting apart?
The African continent is slowly separating into several large and small tectonic blocks along the diverging East African Rift System, continuing to Madagascar — the long island just off the coast of Southeast Africa — that itself will also break apart into smaller islands.
What mountains lie in the Great Rift Valley?
The volcanic activity at this site and unusual concentration of hotspots has produced the volcanic mountains Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Mount Karisimbi, Mount Nyiragongo, Mount Meru, and Mount Elgon, as well as the Crater Highlands in Tanzania.
What is rift valley in geography?
A rift valley is a lowland region that forms where Earth’s tectonic plates move apart, or rift. Rift valleys are found both on land and at the bottom of the ocean, where they are created by the process of seafloor spreading.
Who lives in the Great Rift Valley?
An estimated 1,000 to 1,500 Hadza live in the central Great Rift Valley and the surrounding plains in north-central Tanzania, where they subsist almost entirely off the land: hunting animals, foraging for roots and fruit, gathering honey.
Is Mount Kenya still growing?
It is a holy place, a cultural symbol and a source of livelihood. But Kenya’s growing population and the poverty they endure is placing tremendous pressure on the mountain and its wealth of resources. Global warming may also be melting the famous glaciers….Mount Kenya.
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What is Kenya’s national plant?
orchid
The stunning orchid is Kenya’s unofficial national flower – and even if it’s not officially the national flower yet, we think you’ll enjoy colouring in this picture of one!
What type of trees grow in Kenya?
The Types of Trees We Plant in Kenya
- Casuarina equisetifolia.
- Yellowwood (aka Podocarpus falcatus)
- Croton megalocarpus.
- Waterpear (aka Syzygium guineense)
- Fountain Tree (aka Spathodea companulata)
- Lead Tree (aka Leucaena leucocephala)
- Moringa (aka Moringa oleifera)
- Fever Tree (aka Acacai xanthopholea)
What grows in Kenya?
Kenya is a leading producer of tea and coffee, as well as the third-leading exporter of fresh produce, such as cabbages, onions and mangoes. Small farms grow most of the corn and also produce potatoes, bananas, beans, peas and chillies.