Geology of Kenya

continuous geographic trench

part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya

stratigraphic unit in sub-Saharan Africa

eastern branch of the East African Rift fracture system

thumb|Kanapoi seen from outer space. Kanapoi is a paleontological site in the Kenyan Rift Valley, to the southwest of Lake Turkana. Fossils were first found at Kanapoi in the 1960s by a Harvard expedition, and later by expeditions from the National Museums of Kenya.

large endorheic basin mainly in Kenya and Ethiopia