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How Big is Africa   11,700,000 miles  
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5 Distinct Zones   Mediterranean Basin Desert Zone Sahel Savanna Equatorial Region  
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Mediterranean Basin Zone   AKA:fertile cresent, near med. sea  
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Desert Zone Includes   Sahara,Kalahari,Namib  
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Sahel   Dry steppe area with little rainfall and desertification;mali, niger, burkina faso and parts of senegal  
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Savanna   area with low grass land, which makes up 2/3 of the continent  
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Equatorial Region   Abundant rainfall, with high vegatation and rainforest, which is not very common on the continent  
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What are the 2 distinct conditions?   Tropical:located primarily sub-saharan;Temperate:areas of low humidity  
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Influences weather conditions?   Harmattan Wind: cold wind that blows jan-march,flows in the northern areas  
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ITCZ   Inter Tropical Convergence Zone:2 parts:Seasonal and Migratory:made up of 2 air masses:a wet, and dry mass converge, and precipitation is seasonal  
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The process of Transhumance   this is when people abandon the areas, or migrate from arid conditions to maintain economic stability during dry seasons, thus the cities are becoming mre congested during this time, thus the move from areas of production to more urban conditions  
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African Plateaus   drakensburg,Bihe,East African, Ennedi, Ahaggar,Jos,Djouf  
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Important Rivers   Nile, Limpupo,Zambezi,Volta,Niger  
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Vegetational Zones   Tuberous Crops (largely sub-saharan, such as yam and casava plant Fibrous Croups (northern Africa)grow above ground and are more involved in photosynthesis  
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Ecological Zones   rain forest, savanna, trees, grasses,steepes, as you travel from coast to coast these change  
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Malaria   Mosquito  
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Oncho   Black fly  
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Sleeping Sickness   Tisti Fly  
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Map of Africa Created   The berlin conference 1884-1885  
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