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Population of Africa |
1.1 billion people, 11% of the world |
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birthrate and death rate |
Africa has highest in the world. Despite the fact that: highest infant mortality rate shortest life expectancy Births outnumber deaths |
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AIDS |
70% of all cases in the world found in Sub-Saharan Africa and it limits population growth |
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Population density and distribution |
uneven due to land and climate. People avoid desert/steppe and crowd along coast. |
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Feed the people |
This is difficult because of growing population, therefore many countries import food |
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Healthcare issues |
Famine and poor nutrition esp young Sanitation and disposal of waste AIDS |
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Cities |
Most along the coast, major rivers or resources. One of the least urbanized regions of the world, but urbanization growing rapidly as people move for economic opportunity, health care, and other public services. Many now overcrowded, inadequate public services, slums, unsanitary. |
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urbanization |
movement of people from rural to urban area |
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escarpment |
steep cliff between lower and higher ground. |
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cataract |
a large waterfall that plunges down and escarpment |
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delta |
triangular shaped section of land formed as a river slow down and split into channels as they deposit silt and sand. |
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estuary |
the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream. Freshwater meets seawater. |
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harmattan |
hot dry wind that blows from the Sahara to the Savannah. |
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desertification |
destruction of land in arid and semi-arid climates. Caused by water shortage in Africa. |
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basin |
an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries. |
