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what are the five regions of Africa?
1. North
2. West
3. East
4. Central
5. South
Why do Africans populate around river valleys?
there is good farmland
how does elevation effect climate in Africa?
higher elevation = colder climate
escarpments
steep cliffs
cataracts
large waterfalls or rapids
hydroelectric power
energy produced by moving water
natural resources of Africa
gold, diamonds, copper, cobalt, oil
tropics
area between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn - 80% of Africa
leaching
rain washing away the nutrients in soil
semiarid
regions with wet and dry seasons
what are causes of desertification?
drought, overgrazing of cattle
what is a Mediterranean climate?
summers are hot and dry and winters are cooler
malaria
disease transmitted by mosquitos
tsetse fly
carries sleeping sickness that effects people and livestock
population distribution of Africa
most heavily populated in West Africa, the Nile Nalley, the region around Lake Victoria, and the Eastern part of Southern Africa
-but there is not a high population density
why are there so many language families?
when people were migrating around Africa, their languages mixed with those of other tribes