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The Geography of Kenya is diverse, varying amongst its 47 counties. Kenya has a coastline on the Indian Ocean, which contains swamps of East African mangroves. Inland are broad plains and numerous hills. Kenya borders South Sudan to the northwest, Uganda to the west, Somalia to the east, Tanzania to the south, and Ethiopia to the north.
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The Loita Plains are a savanna and pastoral grazing ground in the southern Great Rift Valley in Kenya, just north of the Maasai Mara. The plains and nearby Loita Hills have been the territory of the Maasai peoples since the 19th century and now include ranches and fences. [ 1 ]
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The plains are also home to the distinctive Masai giraffe. The large roan antelope [2] and the nocturnal bat-eared fox, rarely present elsewhere in Kenya, can be seen within the reserve borders. The area has been named an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International. [4]
Masai Giraffe in Nairobi National Park, 2020. The national park system of Kenya is maintained by the Kenya Wildlife Service.There are two main types of terrestrial protected areas in Kenya: national parks, and national reserves; there are also marine parks and marine reserves.
The White Highlands is an area in the central uplands of Kenya.It was traditionally the homeland of indigenous Central Kenyan communities up to the colonial period, when it became the centre of European settlement in colonial Kenya, and between 1902 and 1961 was officially reserved for the exclusive use of Europeans by the colonial government.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Kenya, as identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions. by major habitat type.