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Southern Africa Geography
Aug 29, 2014
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- Southern Africa Geography
- Countries
- Namibia
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
- Mozambique
- Comoros
- Madagascar
- Swaziland
- South Africa
- Lesotho
- Southern Africa is made up of
- Plateaus in Nambia
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- A plateau is an area made up of land that rises
- directly into the air from a narrow plain.
- An escarpment is the steep face at the edge of
- the plateau or other raised area.
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- ~Both the mountains and the plains play important roles in Southern Africas geography.
- ~The mountains serve as borders between neighboring countries.
- Can you guess what animals you might in the plains of Southern Africa?
- Drakensberg Mountain Range are located in South Africa. Dragon Mountains
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- Inyanga Mountains are located between Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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- Okavango
- Orange
- Limpopo
- Climate and Vegetation
- Southern Africa also consist of:
- SAVANNAS
- And
- DESERTS
- And
- TROPICAL FORESTS
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- A veld is an open grassland or savanna where short trees and shrubs grow.
- Hold your horses
- Not all of Southern Africa is desert, Madagascar is in fact mostly tropical forest.
- More natural resources
- Timber
- Hydroelectricity
- Irrigation
- BUT.
- Minerals are #1
- South Africa South Africa, Botswana, Namibia
- Coal Platinum Copper Uranium Iron Ore
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- NEGATIVE
- Why is this ironic? (think about Central Africa)
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