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What's the perennial climate in Kenya?

The whole area is located in the tropical monsoon region, but influenced by its high terrain, it has a tropical grassland climate, and the precipitation season varies greatly. The annual maximum temperature is 22-26℃, and the minimum temperature is 10- 14℃.

The rainy season is abundant, and the dry season is dry and hot, in which the rainy season is divided into big rainy season and small rainy season. Even in the rainy season, Kenya is mostly sunny during the day, it will rain at night, and it will be sunny the next day, which will not have much impact on domestic tourism.

Other areas are dominated by subtropical forest climate, with mild climate, spring-like seasons, warmth and comfort. Kenya has two rainy seasons a year, the long rainy season (about March to May) and the short rainy season (about1October to1month), which is the off-season for tourism and hotels are relatively cheap. The tourist season is from1February to March, and the summer vacation is from July to1October. In the peak season, the hotel had better make a reservation in advance.

Extended data:

The coast is plain, and most of the rest are plateaus, with an average elevation of 1500m. The eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley cuts the north and south of the plateau vertically, dividing the plateau into two parts. The valley bottom of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa is 450- 1000 meters below the plateau and 50- 100 kilometers wide. There are lakes with different shades and many volcanoes.

The northern part is desert and semi-desert zone, accounting for about 56% of the country's total area. Mount Kenya in the central highlands is 5 199 meters above sea level, which is the highest and second highest peak in Africa, and the peak is covered with snow all year round. Wagagai extinct volcano is 432 1 m above sea level.

mineral resources

Kenya's mineral deposits mainly include soda ash, salt, fluorite, limestone, barite, gold, silver, copper, aluminum, zinc, niobium and thorium. Except soda ash and fluorite, most mineral deposits have not been developed. The main minerals are barite near Tamota in the southeast, niobium in Murima Mountain and gold in Kakamega and Macard Jie in the southwest. Gilgil is one of the largest diatomite mines in the world, and Lake Magadi is rich in natural alkali and salt.

forest resources

Kenya has a forest area of 87,000 square kilometers, accounting for 15% of the country's land area, with a forest reserve of 950 million tons.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Kenya