Study the map of Kipkabus (1:50,000, sheet 104/4 provided and answer the following questions.

KCSE Geography Paper 1 2004 Section B Question 6.

​a) (i) give the latitude and longitude of the South west corner of the map extract. 

• Latitude- 0° 151 N, Longitude- 35° 30 1 E

​(ii) What is the area of Tingwa Hill Forest? 

• 8.5km2 (8.0 – 9.0)

b) (i) name the planted vegetation in the area covered by the map 

• Wattle
• Relief
  

​(ii) Explain how relief and human activities have influenced the distribution of natural vegetation in the area covered by the map.

• On the slopes of Keiyo escarpment there are thickets, forest and woodland.
• The lowland areas/ low attitude areas support scrub and scattered trees
• The high plateau area to the west have woodland, ppyrus swamps.
• Human Activities
• Areas with human settlement have scattered trees and woodland
• The forests are protected through creation of forests  reserves e.g Tingwa  hill forest.
• On the western side of the map most of the natural vegetation has been cleared for wattle plantation.
• Saw milling has reduced the size of natural forest in the west

​c) i) Using a vertical scale of 1 cm to represent 100 meters draw a cross section Along the line marked X-Y 

​ii) On the cross section mark and label the following:-
A steep slope
A hill
A col
A river valley 

​iii) Calculate the vertical exaggeration of the cross section 

​d) Student of Chepketert school carried out a field study of Kipkabus town.
i) Name two types of roads they used to travel to Kipkabus 

• Motorable  track
• Dry weather road 

​ii) State three functions of Kipkabus that they identified 

• Residential
• Communication 
• Trading
• Health Services
• Transport

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