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Kenya country profile

Kenya country profile

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Updated: June 3, 2008, 5:25 pm
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Lakhdar Boukerrou

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Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Photograph by WWF/ Mauri Rautkari) Amboseli National Park, Kenya (Photograph by WWF/ Mauri Rautkari)

  1. General overview
  2. Water in Kenya
  3. Energy in Kenya
  4. Human Development Index
  5. National parks and preserves
    1. Lake Turkana National Parks, Kenya
    2. Mount Kenya National Park and National Forest, Kenya
  6. Ecoregions
    1. East African halophytics
    2. East African montane forests
    3. Eastern Arc forests
    4. Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands
    5. Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
    6. Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
    7. Sahelian Acacia savanna
    8. Serengeti volcanic grasslands
    9. Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
    10. Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets

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Citation

Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Lakhdar Boukerrou (Topic Editor) "Kenya country profile". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 3, 2008; Last revised Date June 3, 2008; Retrieved May 24, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Kenya_country_profile>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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