Kerio Valley

Kerio Valley

Kerio Valley lies between the Tugen Hills and the Elgeyo escarpment at an elevation of 1,000 meters. in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. The valley lies in a narrow, long strip approximately 80 km by 10 km wide at its widest, through which the Kerio River flows. [cite web
url=http://www.gisdevelopment.net/proceedings/gisdeco/sessions/muche.htm
title=GIS in support of participatory land use planning in the Districts Keiyo & Marakwet, Kenya
publisher=www.gisdevelopment.net
accessdate=2008-03-16
last=Julius Muchem
first=Wangu Mwangi & Heinz Greijn
]

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