1. Sub-Saharan Africa Current News and Weather Current News and Weather Setting the Boundaries Setting the Boundaries Physical Geography Physical Geography Desertification Desertification Deforestation Deforestation Return Exam 2 Return Exam 2 For Next Class: Read Chapter 7 For Next Class: Read Chapter 7

2. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 2 Setting the Boundaries Africa south of the Sahara Desert –48 states plus one territory Young population Heavy burden of slave trade and colonialism Known for poverty, disease, violence, and refugees

3. Victoria Falls Physical Geography Plateau continent –Gondwana Great escarpment –The Rift Valley Volcanic Mountains –Kilimanjaro Infertile soils

4. Congo River Watersheds Major river systems –Congo –Nile –Niger –Zambezi Source of water and energy

5. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 5 Bisected by equator –Climates and vegetation patterns are almost a mirror image Abrupt escarpment near the coast Absence of major mountain ranges Few good natural harbors Interesting Observations

6. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 6 Climate Describe the climate zones you pass through as you travel from the Equator south to the Tropic of Capricorn.

7. Vegetation Tropical forests –The Congo Basin Savannas –Large fauna Deserts Savanna Namib Desert

8. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 8 African Biomes Tropical Forest Figure 6.8 Deserts Savanna Figure 6.7 Figure 6.5

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13. © 2012 Pearson Education, Inc. 13 Figure 6.9 Environmental Issues – Overview

14. © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. Environmental Issues Desertification Deforestation Climate change Urban challenges

15. © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. Desertification in the Sahel Sahel –Zone of ecological transition –Transhumance Desertification –Prolonged drought –Overgrazing –Colonial influence on agriculture Sahel in Bloom

16. © 2015 Pearson Education, Inc. Deforestation Issues –Increased run off –Soil erosion –Wildlife habitat –Hardship NGOs –Green Belt Movement –Experiments with bamboo Planting Bamboo