![](http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images//topicimages/noimage.gif)
Mau Escarpment
Encyclopedia
The Mau Escarpment is a steep natural cliff approximately 3,000 m (10,000 ft) high, running along the western edge of the Great Rift Valley
in Kenya
.
http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/multimedia/?StoryID=261885
Great Rift Valley
The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately in length, that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa...
in Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
.
External links
Article published in The East African on the Mau Escarpment and its political and environmental implications:http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/multimedia/?StoryID=261885