Geology 9 - Week 1
Kenya Kenya is a country located on the eastern coast of Africa. The geography of Kenya is widely varied displaying: temperate, dry, arid, semi-arid, and desert regions as well as snowy mountains encirled by lush forests. Great variation in environments entails a similarly great variation of environmental hazards, disasters and catastrophes. In environmental terms hazards are natural phenomenon that have the potential to negatively impact communities, economic functions, and local ecology. Hazards are described as the 'origin of disasters.' There are several classifications of hazards: