Ilemba Island

Ilemba Island is an island in Lake Victoria. Administratively it belongs to Kenya. It is part of the Homa Bay County, in the western part of the country, 300 km west of the capital Nairobi.[1]

Tropical monsoon climate prevails in the area. [2] The average annual temperature in the island is 21° C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is 24°C, and the coldest is May, with 18°C average.[3]The average annual rainfall is 1,383 millimeters. The driest month is April, with 224 mm of precipitation on average , and the driest is July, with 34 mm of precipitation.[4]

Ilemba Island is one of the reference points used to differentiate the border between Kenya and Uganda.[5]

References
  1. "Ilemba Island, Kenya - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". geographic.org.
  2. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (October 11, 2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 – via www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net.
  3. "Browse datasets | NASA Earth Observations (NEO)". Browse datasets | NASA Earth Observations (NEO). June 14, 2020.
  4. "Rainfall (1 month - TRMM, 1998-2016) | NASA". Rainfall (1 month - TRMM, 1998-2016) | NASA. June 14, 2020.
  5. "Victoria Nyanza (Northern portion)". National Archives.


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