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Page 1: Overview of GEOE 112 Content
Section A:
Physical Africa
Location, political, relief & drainage
Africa's climate: regions & vegetation
Africa's developing economies
Dynamics of population geography
Elementary cartography
Section B: RSA
Physical RSA (location, relief, drainage)
RSA’s climate (regions, vegetation, settlements)
RSA’s economic resources (agriculture, minerals, water)
Statistical graphs (line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts)
Page 2: Geographical Overview of Africa
Physical Africa:
Area: 30.37 million km² (2nd largest continent)
Largest country: Algeria
Smallest country: Seychelles
Northerly point: Ras ben Sakka (Tunisia)
Westerly point: Cape Verde (near Senegal)
Easterly point: Ras Hafun (Somalia)
Southerly point: Cape Agulhas
38 countries with coastlines, 16 landlocked countries
Page 3: Africa's Main Regions
North Africa: 6 countries (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara)
West Africa: 18 countries (e.g., Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria)
Central Africa: 6 countries (e.g., Central African Republic, Congo)
East Africa: 14 countries (e.g., Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda)
Southern Africa: 10 countries (e.g., South Africa, Zambia)
Page 4: Africa's Region Examples
Regions Overview:
Egypt in North Africa, Benin in West Africa, Congo in Central Africa, Ethiopia in East Africa, South Africa in Southern Africa
Page 5: Physical Characteristics of Africa
Equator: Divides Africa into North (up to 37°N) and South (up to 35°S)
Latitudinal range: 20°E to 15°W
22% of the world's land area; 90% of the population lives on 21% of the land
Total population: 1,308,502,479 (worldometers 2018)
Page 6: Geological Features of Africa
Overview of major physical features including mountains, rivers, and deserts
Page 8: Continental Drift
Pangaea breakdown over 200 million years ago; movement towards the equator
Dominant divergent forces shaping the landscape like the Great Escarpment
Page 9-10: The Plateau Continent
Africa as a plateau with varied surface heights (600m to 2600m in Maluti mountains)
Erosion and sediment redistribution describe landforms like inselbergs
Page 12-13: Folded Mountains
Formation of Atlas mountains and Cape fold mountains, geological history
Differences in timelines and formation
Page 15: Basins and Draining
Description of shallow basins formed by deposition of sediments
Prominent basins like the Congo basin and their geological significance
Page 18-20: Major Rivers of Africa
Nile: Longest river, vital for agriculture in Egypt
Congo: Central Africa’s major river; source of transport and fishing
Niger and Zambezi: Importance for local agriculture, power generation, and transportation
Page 21: Importance of Rivers and Lakes
Sources of domestic water and fishing and potential tourist attractions
Page 22-26: Tectonics and Natural Activity
East African Rift System formation and its geological implications
Earthquake activity and associated volcanoes
Page 27: Oil Reserves and Lake Chad
Significant oil production in Sub-Saharan Africa with Nigeria as a leader
Lake Chad and its shrinking size due to human activity
Page 28-29: Deserts and Lakes Formation
Sahara's vast expanse and dynamics of desert formation through erosive processes
Types of lakes in Africa and their formation due to geological processes.