Geography (Kenya)
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     Total area:
         582,650 km2
     Land area:
         569,250 km2
     Comparative area:
         slightly more than twice the size of Nevada
     Land boundaries:
         3,477 km; Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km,
         Uganda 933 km
     Coastline:
         536 km
     Maritime claims:
       Exclusive economic zone:
         200 nm
       Territorial sea:
         12 nm
     Disputes:
         administrative boundary with Sudan does not coincide with international
         boundary; possible claim by Somalia based on unification of ethnic Somalis
     Climate:
         varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior
     Terrain:
         low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile
         plateau in west
     Natural resources:
         gold, limestone, soda ash, salt barytes, rubies, fluorspar, garnets,
         wildlife
     Land use:
         arable land 3%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 7%; forest and
         woodland 4%; other 85%; includes irrigated NEGL%
     Environment:
         unique physiography supports abundant and varied wildlife of scientific and
         economic value; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; glaciers on
         Mt. Kenya
     Note:
         the Kenyan Highlands comprise one of the most successful agricultural
         production regions in Africa