Kenyan highlands

E871858
geographical region highland

The Kenyan highlands are a fertile, elevated region of Kenya known for their cool climate, intensive agriculture, and dense rural population.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Mount Kenya region 9
Kenyan highlands canonical 4
Kenyan Highlands 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
highland ⓘ
biodiversity afromontane ecosystems ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
borders Great Rift Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenyan lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateType temperate tropical highland climate ⓘ
contains Aberdare Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cherangani Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kikuyu Escarpment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mau Escarpment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyandarua Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
economicRole key agricultural heartland of Kenya ⓘ
major contributor to Kenya’s export crops ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 1500–3000 metres above sea level ⓘ
ethnicGroups Embu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gusii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kalenjin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kikuyu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Meru NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cool climate ⓘ
dense rural population ⓘ
fertile soils ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
moderate temperatures ⓘ
relatively high rainfall ⓘ
hasSeason long rains (March–May) ⓘ
short rains (October–December) ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Kenya region ⓘ
historicalSignificance core area of white settler agriculture during British colonial period ⓘ
major centre of the Mau Mau uprising ⓘ
influencedBy Indian Ocean monsoon systems NERFINISHED ⓘ
Intertropical Convergence Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity Eldoret NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kericho NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nairobi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nakuru NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyeri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thika NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf East African Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenya Rift Valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ
rainfallPattern bimodal rainfall ⓘ
usedFor coffee cultivation ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
maize farming ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athi River basin → sourceRegion → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
East African Highlands → partlyOverlaps → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
Kericho District → locatedInMountainRange → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
Nyeri dialect → region → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region
Embu language → region → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region
Meru language → region → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region
Gikuyu → region → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
subject surface form: Kikuyu
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region
Gĩkũyũ → region → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region
Kikuyu language → region → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region
Kikuyu language → geographicDistribution → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central highlands of Kenya
Kikuyu people → region → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenyan central highlands
Point Lenana → locatedIn → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenyan Highlands
Mount Kenya National Park → region → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region
Tana River → sourceRegion → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenyan central highlands
Tana River → passesNear → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region
Forel Glacier → locatedInRegion → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Highlands of Kenya
Embu people → culturalArea → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya region
Limuru Road → connectsTo → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kenyan Highlands
Limuru Road → connectsRegion → Kenyan highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Kenya highlands
Kerio River → hasSourceRegion → Kenyan highlands ⓘ