Mau Escarpment
| Mau Escarpment | |
|---|---|
  Mau Escarpment Location in Kenya | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,000 m (9,800 ft) |
| Coordinates | 0°38′36″S 36°03′42″E / 0.64347°S 36.06164°E[1] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kenya |
The Mau Escarpment is a fault scarp running along the western edge of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. The top of the escarpment reaches approximately 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level, and is over 1,000 m higher than the floor of the Rift Valley.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Mau Escarpment on Geonames
- ^ "Mau Escarpment, Rampart, Kenya". Encyclopedia Britannica. 2017.
External links
- Article published in The East African on the Mau Escarpment and its political and environmental implications: https://web.archive.org/web/20110726142449/http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/multimedia/?StoryID=261885
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