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Changing rainfall patterns in Rift Valley, Kenya, is a part of climate change. Due to climate change, rainfall in Rift Valley has become irregular and less predictable with rainfall being more intense and extreme. Over the 20th century, including the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, East Africa, where Rift Valley is located, had undergone a 0.05 C ...
The further inland one is in Kenya, the more arid the climate becomes. An extremely arid climate is nearly devoid of rainfall, and temperature varies widely according to the general time of the day/night. For many areas of Kenya, the daytime temperature rises about 12 °C (corresponding to a rise of about 22 °F), almost every day.
Livestock trends in ASALs between 1977 and 2016 show cattle declined by 26.5%, while sheep and goats increase by 76% and camels by 13.3%. Climate change could result in the loss of 52% of the ASAL cattle population (or 1.7 million cattle) at a cost of US$340–680 million to the economy.
But in Kenya's case, it's highly likely that the positive Indian Ocean Dipole and climate change explain the ongoing flood-inducing rainfall, she said. Warmer oceans caused by the hotter ...
Nairobi (/ n aɪ ˈ r oʊ b i / ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya.The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city.
Per the World Bank (2017); Country mm/ year) Continent 1 Colombia 3,240: South America: 2 São Tomé and Príncipe 3,200: Africa: 2 Tuvalu 3,200: Oceania: 4 Papua New Guinea 3,142: Oceania
The average annual rainfall is 630 mm, but it varies between less than 200 mm in northern Kenya to over 1,800 mm on the slopes of Mount Kenya. [14] The Kerio River flowing after heavy spring rainstorms in the area, illustrating the stark difference in water availability between the dry and wet season.
2008–2009 Kenya drought. Between 2008 and early 2010, Kenya, one of the countries of Eastern Africa, was affected by a severe drought, which put ten million people at risk of hunger and caused a large number of deaths to livestock in Kenyan Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs), constituting around 88% of the country. [3] [4]