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Cimate and vegetación
Climate: factors and influences
The climate in Africa is hot but in some places there factors the change the climates. Somefactors are the elevation, the distance from the equator, the mountains or the river.
The equator: the equator is a imaginary line the cross above the middle of the world. The regions near theequator the location of a place in relation of the equator influences more than places climates also influence the places seasons.
The elevation: the elevation is the height of land above sea level. Thehigher the elevation, the cooler a place to be example of there is the Mount Kilimanjaro that has snow and ice in the peak all year round.
Africa rainfalls varies greatly from one region of Africa toanother in the west coast, there averages more than 100 inches per year but in parts of the Sahara in the north and Namib Desert in the south, rain may not fall at all for several years in a row.Vegetations regions of Africa
Africa vegetation varies of rain forest, savanna and desert
Tropical Rain forest: tropical rain forest are regions where rain falls often throughout the year. Exist inparts of west and central Africa, covering 20% of the continent.
Tropical savannas: is the most common vegetation in Africa, tall grasses, thorny bushes, and scattered trees grow in the savanna.Tropical savannas cover more of Africa than any other type of vegetation.
Deserts: beyond the savanna lie the deserts the deserts are very hot and dry each only receives only 4 to 8 inches of rain. Smallshrubs, grass and some trees grow there. The people that live in the desert are mostly nomads are move around to various places lowing the same route each year, to make their living the nomads haveherded camels for hundreds of years because are large strongest animals can transports goods on their backs over along distances.
Climate and health
The climate people live in can affect their...
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