Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 26 views

    Africa

    Uploaded by

    Susie Sabina
    Africa is the second largest continent and is bounded by several bodies of water. It has a diverse climate due to its location straddling the equator. Africa has over 1 billion people and the most countries of any continent. It has 8 major physical regions including the Sahara desert, savannas, Ethiopian Highlands, African Great Lakes region, and Southern Africa which contains rich biodiversity. Rivers, lakes, deserts and elevated land help define Africa's varied terrain.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Africa

    Uploaded by

    Susie Sabina
    26 views18 pages
    Africa is the second largest continent and is bounded by several bodies of water. It has a diverse climate due to its location straddling the equator. Africa has over 1 billion people and the most countries of any continent. It has 8 major physical regions including the Sahara desert, savannas, Ethiopian Highlands, African Great Lakes region, and Southern Africa which contains rich biodiversity. Rivers, lakes, deserts and elevated land help define Africa's varied terrain.

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Africa is the second largest continent and is bounded by several bodies of water. It has a diverse climate due to its location straddling the equator. Africa has over 1 billion people and the most countries of any continent. It has 8 major physical regions including the Sahara desert, savannas, Ethiopian Highlands, African Great Lakes region, and Southern Africa which contains rich biodiversity. Rivers, lakes, deserts and elevated land help define Africa's varied terrain.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    26 views18 pages

    Africa

    Uploaded by

    Susie Sabina
    Africa is the second largest continent and is bounded by several bodies of water. It has a diverse climate due to its location straddling the equator. Africa has over 1 billion people and the most countries of any continent. It has 8 major physical regions including the Sahara desert, savannas, Ethiopian Highlands, African Great Lakes region, and Southern Africa which contains rich biodiversity. Rivers, lakes, deserts and elevated land help define Africa's varied terrain.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 18

    Physical Geography of Africa

    WHERE IN THE WORLD IS AFRICA?


    Africa
    is
    Huge
    • Africa is the second largest continent in
    the world
    • Africa has a population of over 1 billion
    people. Only Asia has a higher
    population.
    • Africa has the most countries of any
    continent in the world.
    • Africa has the largest dessert in the world.
    • Africa is bounded by the Mediterranean
    Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the
    Atlantic Ocean. It is divided in half almost
    equally by the equator.
    CLIMATE
    • Africa is the most tropical of all continents. Africa is the only
    continent that straddles the equator.
    • Rainfall is the most significant climatic factor in Africa.
    Temperature is high through the continent because of the
    continent’s location relative to Equator. Range of temperature
    is quite small and Wind is much less of a feature than in
    temperate climates.
    Africa has eight
    Major Physical Regions
    1. Sahara is the worlds largest hot dessert,
    covering 8.5 million square kilometers. The
    Sahara makes up 25 percent of the
    continent.

    2. The Sahel is a narrow band of semi-arid


    land that forms a transition zone between
    the Sahara to the north and the savannas
    to the south. The Sahel contains the fertile
    delta of the Niger.
    3. The Ethiopian Highlands began to rise 75
    million years ago, as magma from Earths
    mantle uplifted a broad dome of ancient rock.
    This highlands are home to 80 percent of
    Africas tallest mountains.

    4. Savanna, or grasslands, cover almost half


    of Africa, more than 13 million square
    kilometers.
     Serengeti
    5. The Swahili Coast stretches about 1,610
    kilometers along the Indian Ocean from
    Somalia to Mozambique. The nearby coral
    reefs and barrier islands protect the coast
    from severe weather.

    6. Most of Africas native rain forest has been


    destroyed by development, agriculture, and
    forestry. Today, 80 percent of Africas rain
    forest is concentrated in central Africa, along
    the Congo River basin
    7. The African Great Lakes are located in nine
    countries that surround the Great Rift Valley.
    As the African continent separated from Saudi
    Arabia, large, deep cracks were created in the
    Earth’s surface.

    8. Southern Africa is the epicenter of Africas


    well known reserves, which protect animal
    species.
     Southern Africas Cape Floral Region is one
    of the richest areas for plants in the world.
    THE GIANT PROTEA

    South Africas National Flower


    Landforms and Bodies of Water
    in Africa
    DESSERT
    RIVERS
    LAKES
    ELEVATED LAND
    Africa is sometimes
    nicknamed the
    “Mother Continent”

    You might also like