Question

State 3 factors that lead to frequent flooding in the lake region of Kenya

Answer 1

• Most of the land is low lying which causes the rain water of spread over wide area.
• The adjacent highlands receive torrential rainfall which releases large volumes of water resulting to rivers overflowing their banks.
• Silt has filled the river beds making them shallow thus spilling their water over banks 
• The rivers are at their old stage, thus they have wide flood plains which allows water to spread over large areas.
• The area has black cotton soil which is non- porous and when soaks up allow water to flow and spread on the surface.
• The heavy rainfall received in the area id discharged into lake Victoria making its level to rise thus flooding the adjacent lowlands.