18/01/2017

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS


Where in the world is Africa?   How many times is Africa larger than The United States? How is the savanna defined in the video? Which animals can be found in the savanna biome? Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa? Which are the most famous deserts in Africa? The main natural resources mentioned in the video are .....
  1. It lies between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans; The Mediterranean Sea separates from the European continent.
      2.  Africa is three times the measure of the United States.                                                                       3. The savanna is a grassy plain wich covers nearly half of africa. Is characterized by scattered trees among a landscape of grasses and shrubs.
      4.  The animals that can be found in the savanna are the elephant or the giraffe.
      5.   Is located in south africa.
      6.  The most important deserts are the Sahara, the Namib and the Kalahari.
      7. The main natura resources are the gold mines and rubber.

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1.      Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to the cape of hope and 4 600 miles from cape verde all the way over to Somalia

2.      Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that region, you can see the same average temperature and average rainfall what that means is that you also see very similar plains of animals living in that region.

3.      The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are sandy like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are rocky but in either case, the fact that it is very dry is going to make it a very difficult barrier to cross.

4.      It is not the  rain itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the diversity. There are many different plants and animals piecesThat can be found in the rain forest and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest so valuable not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.

5.      The Nile river is the most famous river in Africa, because is the longest river in the world. But there is also the Congo river which is the  nineth longest river in the world.

6.      Africa actually has its own version of the lakes with famous lakes like Lake Malawi, lake Victoria and lake Tanganyika

7.      All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an elevate land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any  mountains in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the Atlas in northwestern Africa.

8.      Africa also has some interesting mountains like Kilimanjaro, the highest pick in Africa which seems to just rise on it own out of the  ground

9.      The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is  literally, being populated apart. There are some tectonic plates that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually, moving away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest television in Africa, but also lakes like Tanganyika that is among the dippest in the world.