Kenya has four different geographic regions, which include;
§    Eastern Highlands (Nyika), N and NE
§    Lake Victoria Basin (Nyanza).
§    Kenya’s Coast.
§    Rift Valley and highlands.

There are 8 Provinces in Kenya and they include; Nyanza, Eastern, Central, Rift valley, Western, Nairobi, Coast and North Eastern Province.

Kenya is also endowed with the second highest summit in Africa, which is Peak Batian, Mount Kenya at 5199m.

Tana and Galana are the major rivers in Kenya, Both of which rise in the highlands and die in the Indian Ocean.

Kenya’s Total surface Area is 582600Km2.

Lake Victoria Basin [Nyanza].

To the South Western end of the country is the location of the plateau called Lake Victoria Basin, which is also in the Administrative region corresponding to ‘Nyanza’, which means Lake in Swahili. Language and Western Provinces.
This plateau, the Lake Victoria basin, goes as afar as to the North East, to Mount Elgon, which is 4321 meters in Uganda boundary and in the Western edge of the Rift valley.
Mau Escarpment boarders the plateau to the East and goes up to the shores of Lake Victoria, which is above sea level by 1200 metres.

Kisumu is the most vital city in this region, in Lake Victoria at the banks of Winam Bay.
The vitality of this town is seen in it being the Capital of Nyanza province and of the Luo people, but most importantly, it is the 3rd largest city in Kenya.
Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania share the Inland Sea, which is Lake Victoria considered as the 3rd largest lake in the world, with approximately 68,000Km2 as it’s Surface Area.

Rift Valley and Kenyan Highlands:
A huge scar, which crosses from North to South through the half of Africa, specifically the Eastern half and the Middle East is referred to as the Rift Valley, which is also called the Great African Fault.
The earth is filled with inactive volcanoes alternating with tectonic lakes alongside the rift valley’s great depression.

Such small lakes like Naivasha, Baringo, Magadi, Bogoria, Nakuru and Elementeita, compose or make up the Kenyan Rift, from the Turkana or Rudolf situated in the Northern frontier, to the Natron in Tanzania.

The Rift Valley partitions the large central plateau, the highlands into two parts.
The Mau Escarpment rises from the Tanzanian boarder up to the Cheregan Hills at the Western edge, which creates a boundary to the plateau that elongates itself to the slopes of Mt. Elgon.

The Ngong Hills, Southwest of Nairobi and yet Northward to Laikipia Escarpment back up the Aberdare Range at the East side of the Rift.

The highest Monte in Kenya, yet takes the 2nd position in the whole continent, known as Monte Kenya, dominates the Eastern Highlands, and the 3 striking peaks, the Twin Nelion which is 5188m, the Batian which is 5199m and Lenana which is 4985m, are seen at it’s [Monte Kenya] snowy heights.

Nairobi, Central and Rift Valley are the provinces that compose or make up this region and it includes 2 major cities, the County’s fourth city names after a lake, Nakuru, and the Capital to Kenya, Nairobi.

The very first pioneers settled in Kenya because they were attracted by the highlands’ moderate climate and fertile valleys.

Eastern Highlands [Nyika], N & NE:
The Provinces North Eastern, part of the Coast Province and Eastern, are part of the extremely large and arid region that goes as far as the East of the highlands.
A smooth orography is displayed by this plateau, which descends without disturbance, to the shores of the Indian Ocean, and is only interrupted by the low hill assemblies.
Tsavo contains their main Geographic features, to the West of Voi lies the Taita Hills and the range that runs parallel to Mombasa known as the Chuulu Mountain Range, which is also parallel to the main communication channels between the coats and the inlands.

The two major streams, Tana and Galana mainly and partly flow through these lands.
They both (Tana and Galana) begin and rise from the Eastern highlands and finally poor their content to the Indian Ocean.
The confluence of Athi and Tsavo is responsible for the origin of the Galana.

The Semi desert and un inhabited landscape of this region is solely determined by the scarce rainfall got in this region, plus the high temperatures experienced. This region, in the most Northern areas is turned into a true desert and it goes as far as the shores of Lake Turkana.
The Landscape is often times covered with impenetrable thornbush implying therefore, that  it is dry and is only relieved of the dryness up the slopes of Taita Hills and down the river banks.

It’s the Longest Lava stream in the world, the Yatta Plateau, which is the Lava currents, that you witness the existance of a great  number of volcanoes which has today made itself extinct.

The Coast of Kenya:
The smooth hills that act as a pass out to the highlands of Kenya somehow hinder the Kenyan Coastal strip which is a plaine, to continue up to the interior.
The coral reefs with an exquisite biological wealth by which several marine national parks therein protect, protect the surge and the currents of the East Indian which in turn also give protection to the white sandy beaches, lined by coconut palms and their crystal coves.

Formerly known as Formesa is the Ngwana Bay which is the first in it’s northern end and the second in the South, close to Malindi City and is where the mouths of river Tana and Galana are borne.
The Island of Mombasa, the 2nd city in the country and Lamu Island among others, rise along the coast.

Numerous  colonialists in the ancient days, whose tracks are still felt in History, invaded the warm and Hospitable Kenyan Coast.
A blend of the Bantu roots together with the Arab influence resulted into the Swahili culture prospered in this coast until before the arrival of the First European Explorers, a point of great development was attained.