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Earth Science 7-Global Regions Index

Africa

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Algeria,

Angola,

Benin,

Botswana,

Burkina Faso,

Burundi,

Cameroon,

Cape Verde,

Central African Republic,

Chad,

Comoros,

Republic of Congo,

Democratic Republic of The Congo,

Cote d'Ivoire,

Djibouti,

Egypt,

Equatorial Guinea,

Eritrea,

Ethiopia,

Gabon,

The Gambia,

Ghana,

Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau,

Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire),

Kenya,

Lesotho,

Liberia,

Libya,

Madagascar,

Malawi,

Mali,

Mauritania,

Mauritius,

Morocco,

Mozambique,

Namibia,

Niger,

Nigeria,

Rwanda,

Sao Tome and Principe,

Senegal,

Seychelles,

Sierra Leone,

Somalia,

South Africa,

Sudan,

Swaziland,

Tanzania,

Togo,

Tunisia,

Uganda,

Zambia,

Zimbabwe,

Latitude/Longitude

Longitude: 37°N - 37°S Latitude: 18°W - 53ºE

Elevation Range

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Highest Point: Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 5,895.1368 meters

Lowest Point: Lake Assal, Djibouti 156.0576 meters below sea level

Bodies of Water

Lakes: Chad, Nasser, Tanganyika, Victoria

Rivers: Blue Nile, Congo, Limpopo, Niger, Nile, Orange, Senegal, Volta, White Nile

Seas: Arabian, Mediterranean, Red

Topographic Features

Atlas Mountains

Nambi Desert

Great Rift Valley

Congo River Basin

Kalahari Desert

Ethiopian Highlands

Nubian Desert

Libyan Desert

Ahaggar Mountains

Sahara Desert

Qattara Depression

Jabel Toubkal

Ras Dejen

Emi Koussi

Adamwa Mountains

Cameroon Mountain

Bie Plateau

Namib Desert

Thabana Ntleyana

Margherita Peak

Mount Kenya

Bemaraha Plateau

Jos Plateau

Bordering Oceans

Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean

Climate Zones(Top to Bottom)

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-Hot summer, summer dry, warm temperate

-Hot arid steppe

-cold arid desert

-Hot arid desert

-Hot arid steppe

-Cold arid steppe

-Hot arid desert

-Warm Temperature, fully humid, hot summer

Climate Controls

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-The equator and the Prime Meridian pass through it causing hot temperatures

-The elevation reaches up to 1400 meters which is cooler than sea level

-Has many deserts which cause extreme climate changes daily and receive very little rain

-On the west coast, ocean currents are cooler, while on east coast, ocean currents are warmer

-Almost all of Africa has mild wind currents which make it hotter

-Mostly desert and jungle which means there are pretty extreme climate changes

Sources

^[1]-Countries in Africa

^[2]- Elevation Range

Student Atlas of the World- Topographic Features

Google Earth: Water Bodies & Latitude/Longitude

^[3]- Climate Zones

^[4]- Elevation Map

^[5]- ocean currents map

^[6]- Wind currents map

^[7]- Vegetation map

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://www.africaguide.com/country.htm
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/af.htm
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/present.htm
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1}
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1}
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} http://www.geni.org/globalenergy/library/renewable-energy-resources/world/africa/wind-africa/index.shtml
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1}