GEOG 1003 Study Guide - Niger River, Congo River, Semi-Arid Climate
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Three regions-sub-saharan, north africa and the middle east and central asia. Africa covers 1/5 of the world"s land surface but has no major mountain ranges outside of the atlas mountains in morocco. Four major rivers define several of the major realms: the nile, the niger, the congo, and the zambezi rivers. The sub-saharan area can be divided into 4 regions: west africa, central africa, East africa, and southern africa. i. ii. iii. iv. Continent covers 1/5 of the world"s land surface. What does separate them is huge deserts, the. Sahara, the kalahari, and the jungles of central africa. 4 major rivers, the south zambezi, the congo wrapping around, the niger, and the nile flowing from down central africa to the. Southern africa, and equatorial africa: west africa is defined by parallel belts of physical geography, 4 belts, northern belt very arid, and then moves into the semi- arid belt, and then moves into savannah with extensive grasslands.
