100,000 km2 and can be divided into the headwaters and the lower Tana consisting of the section downstream of Kora where the river flows for ca.

It initially runs southwest before turning south around the massif of Mount Kenya and meanders all the way up to the Indian Ocean.

[5] There is growing evidence that climate change will disrupt the Tana River and its surrounding habitats.

A 2003 study reported that two-thirds of Kenya's electrical needs were supplied by the series of dams along the Tana River.

[13] The electricity is then supplied to the national grid system and distributed countrywide through a series of substations, transformers and cables.