| − | According to the US Department of State <ref>US Department of State, The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, ''Background Note: Kenya''[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2962.htm]</ref>, {{cquote|Kenya rises from a low coastal [[plain]] on the [[Indian Ocean]] in a series of [[mountain]] ridges and plateaus which stand above 3,000 [[meter]]s (9,000 ft.) in the center of the country. The Rift Valley bisects the country above [[Nairobi]], opening up to a broad arid plain in the north. Highlands cover the south before descending to the shores of [[Lake Victoria]] in the west.}} The climate is "tropical in south, west, and central regions; arid and semi-arid in the north and the northeast".<ref>US Department of State, The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, ''Background Note: Kenya''[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2962.htm]</ref>
| + | Kenya rises from a low coastal [[plain]] on the [[Indian Ocean]] in a series of mountain ridges and plateaus which stand above 3,000 meters (9,000 ft.) in the center of the country. The Rift Valley bisects the country above [[Nairobi]], opening up to a broad arid plain in the north. Highlands cover the south before descending to the shores of [[Lake Victoria]] in the west. The climate is "tropical in south, west, and central regions; arid and semi-arid in the north and the northeast".<ref>US Department of State, The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, ''Background Note: Kenya''[http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2962.htm]</ref> |