Elgeyo escarpment is a fault-scarp caused by post-Miocene faulting. Miocene beds are still visible. The escarpment is part of the western wall of the Great...
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district in Kenya, Keiyo Line, a railway line in Japan, or Elgeyo escarpment. The Elgeyo (also known as Keiyo) are an ethnic group who are part of the...
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alluvial plain, the topography gradually rises towards the west. The Elgeyo Escarpment stands out distinctly and causes elevation differences of up to 1...
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Kerio Valley lies between the Tugen Hills and the Elgeyo Escarpment in Kenya. It sits at an elevation of 1,000 meters in the Great Rift Valley. The isolated...
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Iten (category Elgeyo-Marakwet County)
Eldoret and Kabarnet at the junction of the road heading to Kapsowar. Elgeyo escarpment and Kerio River are located east of Iten. The growing town had a population...
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Rift Valley, a community known as the Chok (later Suk) occupied the Elgeyo escarpment. Pokot oral history describes their way of life, as that of the Chemwal...
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northward through the Kerio Valley between Tugen Hills and Elgeyo Escarpment. The Elgeyo Escarpment rises to over 1,830 metres (6,000 ft) above the Kerio valley...
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The Chok were a society that lived on the Elgeyo Escarpment in Kenya. It is noted that the old men living in Pokot during the early 20th century were...
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into Kenya. The Elgeyo escarpment forms part of the western wall. The Kerio Valley lies between the Tugen Hills and the Elgeyo escarpment at an elevation...
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A list of escarpments follows below. Elgeyo Escarpment (Great Rift Valley) Great Escarpment, Southern Africa Including the Drakensberg and God's Window...
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north and has several unique geographical features, including the Elgeyo escarpment which is a popular tourist attraction. Apart from the Rift Valley...
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Pokot elders to describe one section of a community that occupied the Elgeyo escarpment and whose territory stretched across the Uasin Gishu plateau. This...
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Hills that offer them little protection. Mount Elgon Mount Moroto Elgeyo Escarpment "Kenyalogy: Geography - Rift Valley and Highlands". www.kenyalogy...
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village in Yazd Province, Iran Chok people, a society that lived on the Elgeyo escarpment in Kenya Raymond Lam (林峯 [zh]), known as "Chok王"—meaning "the King...
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specific territories. The Loikop western border followed the base of the Elgeyo Escarpment. This border was breached by the Pokot, who attacked the Loikop at...
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Olkaria Longonot Mount Suswa Hills and escarpments Elgeyo Escarpment Mau Escarpment Nguruman Escarpment Losiolo Escarpment Aberdare Range Ngong Hills Loriu...
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Rift Valley, a community known as the Chok (later Suk) occupied the Elgeyo escarpment. Pokot oral history describes their way of life, as that of the Siger...
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Rift Valley towards Lake Baringo and Lake Bogoria, and west to the Elgeyo escarpment and the Kerio Valley. The Kabarnet area is home to the Samors, a sub-group...
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Olkaria Longonot Mount Suswa Hills and escarpments Elgeyo Escarpment Mau Escarpment Nguruman Escarpment Losiolo Escarpment Aberdare Range Ngong Hills Loriu...
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living on the Elgeyo Escarpment'. They further state that 'while the Suk nation was being evolved in the mountains of the Elgeyo escarpment the Kerio Valley...
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birds and reptiles. The formation is bordered to the west by the Elgeyo Escarpment, the east by the Laikipia Plateau and to the north by the Tiati volcanic...
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declaring "that there always were two original Suk tribes living on the Elgeyo escarpment. The names of these two tribes were Chok or Chuk which is the name...
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Valley lies between the Cherangani Hills and the Tugen Hills. The Elgeyo Escarpment rises more than 1,830 metres (6,000 ft) above the valley in places...
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Tambach Teachers Training College (category Elgeyo-Marakwet County)
support of the World Bank. The college is situated in the Kerio escarpment section of Elgeyo-Marakwet County along the Eldoret-Kabarnet road. The college...
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Olkaria Longonot Mount Suswa Hills and escarpments Elgeyo Escarpment Mau Escarpment Nguruman Escarpment Losiolo Escarpment Aberdare Range Ngong Hills Loriu...
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There were 119,969 Marakwet people in 2019. Most Marakwet today live in the Elgeyo-Marakwet County, a notably beautiful and picturesque part of Kenya. It is...
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Kaptarakwa (category Elgeyo-Marakwet County)
Kapatarakwa is a village in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. Kaptarakwa is located about 37 km from the town of Eldoret in the Kenyan highlands. Kaptarakwa...
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The Kabarak are a clan found in Keiyo South district, Elgeyo-Marakwet County in The Great Rift Valley, Kenya. The district covers most parts of the Kitany...
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Settlement of Nandi (section Elgon& Elgeyo origins)
clan (partly also from Kamasya) Toyoi From Elgon Kipkokos From Elgon & Elgeyo Kipsirgio Moi Sokom Kiptopkei Kamwaikei From Lumbwa Tungo Kipaa Kipasiso...
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