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Climate &

Vegetation of

Africa

A Warm Continent

• (^) Africa lies almost entirely between , and

consequently, it has warm, tropical temperatures. Of all

the continents, Africa has lies in the tropics! In

humid regions of the tropics, the , with

differences in temperature being greater

than between seasons

• Africa is home to the world’s largest desert,

, which lies in Northern Africa, and Southern

Africa has. Travel across the deserts that include

the Sahara have caused , in terms of

• (^) Precipitation patterns can be a matter of extremes, with

large areas being taken up by deserts, Africa is also home

to some of the largest rainforests on Earth. Amounts of

rainfall vary from year to year, and places like East

Africa are subject to lengthy & severe droughts that can

last for years at a time

• (^) The northern and southern edges of Africa experience a

moderate, Mediterranean climate, which encourage

settlement by large numbers of people