GEOG 202 Lecture 8: africa part 1
27 Mar 2019
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I"ll work my way around the edges of africa. The west side of africa is the atlantic, and the east side is the indian ocean. Up in the north is the mediterranean sea; we often use it to divide africa from europe. It the closest to spain is morocco; sea levels are lower. There is no permanent barrier that is connected to africa. The mediterranean drains into the atlantic, and because of the economic power of europe, it"s super important in sea trade. Then, we turn to the atlantic, as we work our way down. That part of africa is known as the bulge, and it would be that outer part. There is a country there named cape verde. As we work our way down toward the equator, that"s the gulf of guinea- it"s a very large body of water, and it s part of the atlantic. There"s a river that deposits sediments into the.
