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Write a note on the physiography of Africa?


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Africa, the second-largest continent, is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is divided in half almost equally by the Equator . Africa’s physical geography, environment and resources, and human geography can be considered separately.

  • Africa has eight major physical regions: the Sahara, the Sahel , the Ethiopian Highlands, the savanna , the Swahili Coast, the rain forest , the African Great Lakes, and Southern Africa.
  • Most of Africa’s native rain forest has been destroyed by development , agriculture, and forestry .
  • There are seven major African Great Lakes: Lake Albert, Lake Edward, Lake Kivu, Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Turkana, and Lake Victoria.
  • Southern Africa is the epicentre of Africa’s well-known reserves, which protect animal species such as lions, elephants, baboons, white rhinos, and Burchells zebras.

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