Kuwait lies atop one of the richest concentrations of oil and gas in the world. The highest part in this scene is a dissected scarp that runs from along the west edge. In the coastal plains against the Red Sea is a mix of natural vegetation and localized farmlands. This next scene covers part of northern Kenya in East Africa. Notable are the many scarps caused by normal faulting as the rift develops and pulls apart.
Small volcanoes dot the Valley.
The lake at the bottom is Lake Natron, whose level varies seasonally, and as it dries leaves sodium carbonate deposits. The lake at the top of the Valley is Lake Naivasha. The delta, with its system of canals spreading from the main stream pair, is so well irrigated that it is given almost totally to farming of, principally, cotton along with corn and other foodstuffs. Flooding used to supply water replenishment but this has largely ceased since the building of the Aswan Dam well to the south. The largest city in Africa, Cairo, well over 6 million, is the bluish patch near the bottom apex of the delta.