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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
AFRICA
COMPONENTS OF WORLD
GEOGRAPHY
1) LOCATION AND EXTENT
2) QUICK FACTS
3) PHYSICAL FEATURES
4) MAJOR WATER BODIES
5) CLIMATE
6) VEGETATION
7) MINERAL RESOURCES
8) TRANSPORTATION
LOCATION AND EXTENT

LIES ON AFRICAN PLATE

BOTH EQUATOR AND PRIME MERIDIAN PASS

THROUGH

N-S: 37N-34S 8000km (SOUTHERN MOST?)

W-E: 17W-51E 7400km

SEPARATED FROM EUROPE BY

MEDITERRANEAN SEA (STRAIT
OF GIBRALTAR)

SEPARATED FROM ASIA BY

RED SEA (SUEZ CANAL, GULF
OF ADEN)
QUICK FACTS

2ND LARGEST CONTINENT :20% OF LAND AREA

OF EARTH

2ND MOST POPULATED

CENTRALEAST AFRICA IS ACCEPTED AS PLACE

OF ORIGIN OF HUMANS

CONTINENT OF PLATEAUS DUE TO TECTONIC

ACTIVITIES

1/3RD DESERT LAND WORLDS LARGEST?

HOME TO THE REVOLUTIONS OF MIDDLE EAST

COLONIAL SLAVERY AND

EXPLOITATION COASTS NAME

UNDER DEVELOPED MIGRATION, HUNGER,

MALNUTRITION, PIRACY
PHYSICAL FEATURES

GREAT RIFT VALLEY HOW AND

CHARECTERISTICS?

MOUNTAINS AND RANGES:

ATLAS MOUNTAIN RANGES

MT. KILIMANJARO(HIGHEST)

MT. KENYA

RAS DASHEN (ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS)

DRAKENSBERG

PLATEAUS:

KATANGA, BIE, HUILA

TADEMAIT, TASILI, AIR, JOS

PHYSICAL FEATURES

PLAINS:

SAHEL OVER EXPLOITED

DESERTIFICATION

NILE, NIGER, ORANGE

CONGO BASIN

EAST COASTAL PLAINS

ISLANDS:

4TH LARGEST?

TAX HAVEN?
MAJOR WATER BODIES

OCEANS ATLANTIC, INDIAN

SEAS MEDITERRANEAN, RED SEA

GULF SUEZ, ADEN, GUINEA

STRAIT GIBRALTAR, BAB-EL MANDEB,

MOZAMBIQUE

RIVERS:

NILE LAKES, DAMS

CONGO HIGHEST WATER DISCHARGE

ZAIRE STANLEY FALLS

ZAMBEZI VICTORIA FALLS KARIBA DAM

NIGER KAINJI DAM

ORANGE

SWAMPS/WETLANDS SUDD, OKAVANGO, MACINA

LAKES

GREAT LAKES:

VICTORIA(WORLDS 2ND LARGEST FRESHWATER IN

SURFACE AREA)

TANGANYIKA(WORLDS 2ND LARGEST FRESHWATER

LAKE BY VOL)

MALAWI

ALBERT

EDWARD

KIVU

VOLTA LARGEST RESERVOIR IN WORLD BY

SURFAC AREA

KARIBA

TANA SOURCE OF ATBARA (NILE)

ASSAL (LOWEST POINT)

CHAD, CHOTT EL DJERID (ENDORHEIC LAKE)

MAJOR WATER BODIES
CLIMATE

EQUATOR, TROPIC OF CANCER AND TROPIC OF

CAPRICORN PASS THROUGH TORRID ZONE

WARM EQUATORIAL CURRENT, AND S.E WARM

CURRENT

COLD CURRENT IN NORTH WEST & SOUTH WEST

EQUATORIAL/TROPICAL WET 5N-5S: CONGO

BASIN

TROPICAL GRASSLAND N & S OF EQ. CLIMATE

MEDITERRANEAN NORTHMOST AFRICA, SOUTH

AFRICA

DRY CLIMATE NORTH AFRICA, SOUTH WEST

AFRICA

DISEASES?
VEGETATION

EVERGREEN CONGO BASIN

SAVANNA NORTH AND SOUTH OF CONGO

BASIN, KALAHARI DESERT (ITCZ
RAINFALL)
PARTS OF EAST COAST

STEPPES HIGH VELDTS OF SOUTH

AFRICA;
NORTH OF SAVANNAS;
PRONE TO FIRE

AGRICULTURE

CITRUS MEDITERRANEAN:OLIVE,GRAPES,PEAC
H, ORANGE

CLOVES PEMBA, ZANZIBAR (90% OF GLOBAL

TRADE)

COCOA GHANA, NIGERIA (60% OF GLOBAL

TRADE)

COCONUTS PEMBA, ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA

COFFEE ETHIOPIA,UGANDA, KENYA, TANZANIA

(YEMEN?)

COTTON EGYPT

DATES OASES IN DRIER REGIONS

PALM & GROUNDNUT OIL WEST AFRICA

NIGERIA

MISC: CASSAVA, BANANA, PINEAPPLE, PAPAYA,

MANGO
MINERAL RESOURCES

COAL SOUTH AFRICA:GREAT KARROO REGION

COBALT ZAIRE, ZAMBIA, MOROCCO

GOLD SOUTH AFRICA:WITWATERSRAND GOLD

RUSH

MANGANESE SOUTH AFRICA,GABON

SILVER ZAMBIA

TIN NIGERIA

CONGO : COPPER, DIAMOND, COBALT, TIN, ZINC,

MANGANESE, URANIUM
TRANSPORTATION
ROAD:

POOR OR NO CONNECTIVITY

ONLY IN DEVELOPED CITIES

SEA:

PORTS: DURBAN,MOMBASA,
ALEXANDRIA,LAGOS, IVORY
COAST
AIRPORTS:

JOHANNESBURB, CAPE TOWN,

CASABLANCA, DURBAN,