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  2. Mount Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Mount Kenya is the main water catchment area for two large rivers in Kenya; the Tana, the largest river in Kenya, and the Ewaso Nyiro North. The Mount Kenya ecosystem provides water directly for over 2 million people. The rivers on Mount Kenya have been named after the villages on the slopes of the mountain that they flow close to.

  3. Mount Kenya National Park - Wikipedia

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    Africa. Extension. 2013. Mount Kenya National Park was established in 1949 to protect Mount Kenya, the wildlife, and the surrounding environment, which forms a habitat for wild animals, as well as acting as an area for the catchment of water, to supply Kenya 's water. [1] [2]

  4. Natural history of Mount Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Natural history of Mount Kenya. A map showing the vegetation zones around Mount Kenya. The flora and fauna of Mount Kenya are diverse, due to the variation in altitude, rainfall, aspect and temperature. The mountain slopes can be divided into vegetation zones, with each zone having different dominant plant species.

  5. Treetops Hotel - Wikipedia

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    Treetops Hotel was a hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya ten miles (16 km) from the township of Nyeri, 1,966 metres (6,450 ft) above sea level on the Aberdare Range and in sight of Mount Kenya. First opened in November 1932 by Eric Sherbrooke Walker, it was built into the tops of the trees of Aberdare National Park as a treehouse, offering ...

  6. List of World Heritage Sites in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    Kenya: Cultural: (ii), (iv), (vi) 2001: The town is the oldest Swahili settlement, and is built in coral stone and mangrove timber. It features inner courtyards, verandas, and elaborate wooden doors. Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest Central Province

  7. List of mountains in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The highest mountain in Kenya, which is also the second-highest mountain in Africa, is Mount Kenya, standing at 5,199 metres (17,057 ft) tall. Seven of Kenya's mountains, Mount Kenya , Mount Elgon , Mount Satima , Chepunyal Hills , Cherang'any Hills , Mount Kulal , and Mount Ng'iro , are among the ultra prominent peaks of Africa .

  8. Portal:Kenya/Featured picture - Wikipedia

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    Featured picture/13 [ edit] Fort Jesus (Forte Jesus de Mombaça) is a Portuguese fort built in 1591 by order of King Philip I of Portugal (King Philip II of Spain), then ruler of the joint Portuguese and Spanish Kingdoms, located on Mombasa Island to guard the Old Port of Mombasa, Kenya. It was built in the shape of a man (viewed from the air ...

  9. Aberdare Range - Wikipedia

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    Aberdare Range. /  0.62765°S 36.70832°E  / -0.62765; 36.70832. The Aberdare Range (formerly the Sattima Range, Kikuyu: Nyandarua) is a 160 km (99 mi) long mountain range of upland, north of Kenya 's capital Nairobi with an average elevation of 3,500 metres (11,480 ft). It straddles the counties of Nyandarua, Nyeri, Muranga, Kiambu and ...

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