Laikipia+Plato,+Kenya

== __Laikipica Plataeu, Kenya __==



 Climate
The climate of the laikipika plateau is either experiences the wet season or dry season insted of haveing 4 disticnt seasons. On the Laikipia plataeu the are 3 main "seasons" of rain, the short rains, the long rains and the continental rains. Each comes about the the same time durring the year each year. The adverage rain fall of the plautaeu is 19.5 inches - 31 inches. Also droughts are typical about every 10 years. The adverage temperature of this area is a maximum of 71F to 79F degees and a minimum of 43F to 57F degrees. 

__Animals and Their Populations __
The Laikipia Plateau is a vast land full of many rare and wonederful animals. One of these anilmals is the black rhino. This one area alone holds over half of Kenya's black rhino population. Also it holds about 70% of the world's grevy's zebra population. Other rare animls found in the laikipia plateau are the reticulated giraffe, the Lelwel hartebeest and one of the largest elephant populations in east Africa. Some more common anilmals that also live here are cheetas, cranes, warthogs, ververts and troupes.



__Plants __
In the laikipia plateu there are many stange and diverse types of plants. These plants range from flowers to trees to desert plants. One of these plants is the Cortalarai. It is a green leafy plant that can live in very dry areas and is very common in this area. Many small plants in the laikipia plateu thrive in small rock pools. These pools support life off and on durring the year were it is usuly very dry.



Human Effect
The laikipia plateu