Malindi

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/malindi

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the population (2019 census)?119,859 inhabitants
2. What is the urban hierarchy?The largest urban center within Kilifi County, Kenya
3. What is Malindi and where is it located?Malindi is a sunny town in Kenya where the Sabaki River meets the Indian Ocean, about 120 km northeast of Mombasa.
4. Why is the meeting of the river and ocean important for Malindi?It creates a special place called an estuary where fresh river water mixes with salty sea water, helping many plants and animals live there.

Deltaic Environment: An area of low, flat land shaped by the deposition of sediment carried by a river as it enters a larger body of water.
Fluvial Processes: The actions of a river in shaping the landscape, including erosion, transportation, and deposition of sediment.
Estuarine Environment: A partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.