Abstract
Kenya-Topography. Kenya lies astride the Equator between latitudes 4°N and 4°S and extends from Lake Victoria to the Indian Ocean (34°E to 42°E). Between long. 36° and 36½°E it is traversed from north to south by the great Rift Valley, the surface of which is generally 2000-3000ft. lower than the level of the plateau on each side. The plateau culminates in the Aberdare Range (13,000 ft.) east of the Rift, and the Mau Forest (10,000 ft.) and Cherangani Hills (11,000ft.) west of the Rift. Together with the isolated mountain masses of Elgon (14,000 ft.), Kenya (17,000ft.) and Kilimanjaro (19,500ft.), this topography may be expected to cause considerable local distortion in the shape of the geoid. Gravity surveys in 1933-4 indicated a negative anomaly below the floor of the Rift Valley, suggesting that it had been forced down by over-riding pressure from both sides.
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