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Africa. A Quick Look. The Continent of Africa (2013). Population : 1,099,181,000 North American population:351,370,000 Growth rate: 2.3% North American GR: 0.9 % Life Expectancy: 58 years North American life expectancy: 79 years
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Africa A Quick Look
The Continent of Africa (2013) • Population : 1,099,181,000 • North American population:351,370,000 • Growth rate: 2.3% • North American GR: 0.9 % • Life Expectancy: 58 years • North American life expectancy: 79 years • What life style expectations can me make using the statistics?
A look at the Sahara • Very diverse landscape • Arid Mountains, Dune fields, Shallow Basins, and Large Oasis Depressions • Two permanent Rivers • The Nile and The Niger • Temperature • Daytime: well over 100 Degrees (F) • Hottest Day: 136 Degrees on Sept. 13, 1922 • Night Time temperatures can fall to 40 Degrees or Lower frozen temperatures can occur in the north.
Nile River • The Longest River in the World • The Nile Rivers flows north to the Meditation Sea • Two Main Sources • The White Nile: Lake Victoria, Uganda • The Blue Nile: Lake Tana, Ethiopia. • The Nile contains black sediment that has made farming passable in the arid desert • Provides about 80% of Sudan's Electricity