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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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