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friends. Rift Valley Province, Kenya 1 wants to go. Mau Forest
is a forest complex in the Rift Valley of Kenya. It is the
largest indigenous montane forest in East Africa. The Mau Forest
complex has an area of 273,300 hectares (675,000 acres). The
forest area has some of the highest rainfall rates in Kenya. Mau
Forest is the largest water catchment area in Kenya. Numerous
rivers originate from the forest, including Southern Ewaso
Ng'iro, Sondu River, Mara River and Njoro River. These rivers
feed Lake Victoria, Lake Nakuru and Lake Natron. Westerns slopes
of the Mau Escarpment are covered by Mau Forest. Typical tree
species in Mau Forest include Pouteria adolfi-friedericii,
Strombosia scheffleri and Polyscias kikuyuensis. Olea capensis,
Prunus africana, Albizia gummifera and Podocarpus latifolius are
also found there. Endem