1. Geography and Economy/Impact
Southern Africa
Geography and Economy/Impact

2. Geography

3. Coastal Plains Sloping, flat, rolling plains near the oceans
Fertile land
Coastal plains range in depth
Hundreds of kilometers in Mozambique
Just a few kilometers in South Africa

4. Namib & Kalahari Deserts

5. High Veldt (Plateaus)
Most dominant physical feature in Southern Africa
3/4 of region’s area
Huge mountain range that has been worn by millions of years of erosion

6. Rivers and Lakes Zambezi River basin + watershed Limpopo River
Longest river in region
Covers as much land as the U.S. east of the Mississippi River
Limpopo River
forms the border btwn. Botswana and S. Africa
Also the border btwn. Zimbabwe and S. Africa
Orange River
Forms border btwn. Namibia and S. Africa

7. Victoria Falls (Zambezi River)

8. Economy/Impact

9. Farming Many people of European descent practice sedentary farming
What is sedentary farming?
Agriculture conducted at permanent settlements
Some plantations in S. Africa & Zimbabwe
Mostly foreign-owned
Zimbabwe: land distribution problems
Less than 1% of the population held 70% of the land
Arguments  violence  collapse of agricultural econ.

10. Problems Overgrazing Overworked soils Lack of technology
Food production has decreased

11. Mineral Wealth
S. Africa is the world’s largest producer of gold

12. Controversial Sales
1970s – poachers illegally killed nearly 80,000 elephants a year
Ivory Sales
Botswana, Namibia, & Zimbabwe gained approval to sell stockpiles of ivory to Japan
Why might this be controversial?

13. Section 2 of Input 20:
Culture on pg. 545
Human Impact on pg. 567