2.  The climate of Africa, is more uniform than any other continent.  Reasons:  1.The position of the continent in the Tropical Zone  2.The impact of cool ocean currents (High Pressure Cells)  3.The absence of mountain chains serving as climatic barriers.  4. Continentality

3.  There are Seven main African climatic zones  The central portion of the continent and the eastern coast of Madagascar have a tropical rain forest climate.  The climate of the Guinea coast matches the rain forest climate, except that rainfall occurs in one season (monsoon); no months, however, are rainless.  Monsoon: large amount of precipitation in a short amount of time

4.  The tropical savannah climate zone covers about one-fifth of Africa and surrounds the rainforests.  Its has a wet summer season and a dry winter  The further from the equator you travel the more dry the savannah becomes, changing into a steppe region

5.  Africa has a larger arid and desert climate zones than any continent except Australia.  These deserts:—the Sahara in the north, the Horn in the east, and the Kalahari and Namib deserts in the southwest—receive less than 10 inches of rainfall annually.  In the Sahara, daily and seasonal extremes of temperatures are great.  The average July temperature is higher than 90°F  In the cold season the nighttime temperature often drops below freezing.

6.  Mediterranean climate zones are found in the extreme northwest and Southwest of Africa  They have mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers.  In the highlands of eastern Africa (Kenya and Uganda), rainfall occurs evenly throughout the year, and temperatures are more uniform.  The climate on the high plateau of southern Africa is temperate.

7.  The equator runs through this area  hot sticky summer all year long  60-80 inches of rain a year.  A tropical rainforest needs 2.4 inches of rainfall every month  Some of the worst soils on earth in these environments

8.  30% of the entire continent is Savannah  Very tall grass (some of them as high as 6 feet) with occasional big tall trees.  There are also thorn trees called Baobab  The rain only comes in one quick period usually summer.

9.  Low Grasses  Desert- some areas have no vegetation at all.  The deserts are spreading in Africa because of climate changes and how people are changing the landscape.