Geography GEO 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sub-Saharan Africa, Transhumance, Malaria

• School: Texas State University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography GEO 1310
• Professor: Hartsell

Document Summary

Sub-saharan africa: world"s fastest growing region, culturally complex, rapidly growing economies. Physical geography: largest landmass, great lift valley, assets: biodiversity, water resources and mineral wealth, poor soils, drought. Plateaus and basins: higher elevations in southern and eastern africa, mt. Kilimanjaro: victoria falls, watersheds (congo, niger, nile, zambezi rivers, soils infertile, but volcanic are most productive. Climate and vegetation: deserts, savanna trees used for biofuels, tropical rainforests commercial logging of tropical rainforests. Horn of africa (eastern side of africa: drought, famine, political turmoil, ethnic warfare. Sahel: sea level rises, pollution, greenbelt movements introduction of bamboo. Transhumance move with grazing animals depending on grazing seasons. Energy issues: regional energy shortages, foreign investment in oil and gas production and manufacturing, opec members (nigeria) Wildlife conservation: declining wildlife due to population pressure, political instability and poverty, threatened rhinos. Geopolitical framework: origins of human ancestors, over 1,000 different languages.