Discovering Africa

1. Discovering Africa Southern Africa Northern Africa Western Africa

2. Summary • In this PowerPoint I will be comparing the different regions of Africa. Subjects like Climate, • Biomes, • Economy, • Culture.

3. Climate • South Africa – south Africa is part of the southern hemispheres subtropics zone. The coldest part of the year is during July and August. Temperatures of around 25˚C from November to march and the temperature lowers in July and August to around 10˚c. • North Africa – this area is occupied by the Sahara desert which can reach temperatures of 54˚C. but the north also boarders the Mediterranean sea which has similar temperatures to the other countries that boarder the Mediterranean like Grease, Turkey, Italy, France and many more. • West Africa – there is a lot of coastal places that can become very wet during the year. The northern part of west Africa are filled with the Sahara desert. • The temperatures vary as you move further north up the continent.

5. Biomes • The northern coast has a Mediterranean biome and as you move south off the coast there is a desert which is called the Sahara desert and as you move more south the biomes change to semi-desert. The more you move south it turns into a dry Savanah then into a moist Savanah. As you move east into the eastern region you meet a semi desert area whereas if you move towards the central western area there are tropical rain forests. In the south of Africa (south Africa) there are grasslands, semi desert and also Mediterranean areas. • Southern Africa has the most diverse biomes and it is obvious that the northern areas are very dry containing deserts.

7. Economy • Africa is a very diverse place with many different fortunes in it. Northern areas has a massive amount of oil and a bit of iron ore. However western Africa has lots of groundnuts in the semi desert areas and on the coastal area of western areas have lots of rubber and also some diamond. • The more mountainous areas like the eastern region of Africa have little supplies and breed various animals. Southern Africa which is obviously a very rich area of Africa because it has a mass amount of mineral including: iron, manganese, vanadium, nickel, diamond, asbestos, silver, gold, uranium and many more.

9. Culture North Africa has a main religion of Christianity. Western Africa is colonised by various European countries and it was very important during the slave trade. In the urban areas of south Africa the common language is English and the religion is Christianity but south Africa is a very diverse place with many different religions like Islam was introduced by the Cape Malay slaves of the Dutch settlers, Hinduism was introduced by the indentured labourers imported from the Indian subcontinent, and Buddhism was introduced by both Indian and Chinese immigrants.

11. Summary • All the regions I have been looking at are very diverse in many ways and this shows that Africa has many different climates and biomes that vary in the different regions. Economy is also something that varies that can also affect things like population and health. This truly shows that Africa is an amazing diverse place.