Location & Climate of Sahara, Sahel, Savanna, and Tropical Rain Forest
Day 1:
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"Look Simba, everything the light touches is our kingdom."
-Mufasa (The Lion King)
-Mufasa (The Lion King)
SAHARA
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- The Sahara region of Africa is mostly made up of Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Niger, and parts of Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, Western Sahara, and Mali.
- It's climate is desert HOT!!!! It is labeled as a dry, arid climate.
Click to watch short clip covering the Sahara Desert Region!!!!!
SAHEL
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- The Sahel region transitions South of the Sahara Desert. It spans from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
- From West to East the Sahel stretches across Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, and the southern tip of Algeria.
- The Sahel climate is relatively similar to that of the Sahara. It's climate is a mix of semiarid and arid dry land.
Watch this video about the climate change in the Sahel region of Africa!!!
THE SAVANNA
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- The Savanna is spread throughout Africa with the exception of Northern Africa.
- The majority of the Savanna consists of tropical climate. Meaning that the daily temperature has a drastic change from morning to night and a more strongly seasonal distribution of rainfall is recorded in this area.
- This area is where the majority of Africa's safari-wildlife is located, as illustrated in the following video link:
RAIN FOREST
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- The rain forest region in Africa is the smallest out of the four areas of Africa that we will discuss.
- The African rain forest is mainly contained in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Central African Republic.
- Congo has the world's 2nd largest rain forest.
- The dark green shaded area shows the rain forest region of Africa.
Watch this video to see an aerial view of the rain forest of Congo!!!!