The 10 highest mountains in Africa are comparatively clearly distributed over three mountain regions in the eastern half of the continent near the equator. Two of the four highest top peaks in Africa rise to over 5000 meters in the Kilimanjaro...
When we talk about Africa , it is very common to have a stereotyped conception that the countries of that continent are poor or miserable. In order to understand the real causes and consequences of African poverty, it is necessary to...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Zimbabwe is a highland and mountainous country, especially in the middle parts, and shows a clear symmetry in its structure. A notable high ridge, Highveld, runs through the country in a northeast – southwest direction. It...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Most of Zambia is a plateau of 900–1 500 m above sea level. According to COUNTRYAAH, the erosion has provided a varying and wavy surface, where remains of different planed bedrock surfaces are preserved in isolated...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Western Sahara has all the types of desert, rock, rock and sand desert, and all the different dune forms that occur in other parts of the Sahara. A low coastal region of varying width is infertile...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Uganda is located on a high plateau north of Lake Victoria. The horstbergs, tombs and volcanoes that arose in connection with the formation of the East African rift system constitute the natural boundaries...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Geological structures and relief features in Tunisia have a direction in the northeast – southwest. This means that the drainage is directed to the northeast and that the long coastline is irregular, especially in the north....
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Togo is a long narrow strip of land that extends from the Gulf of Guinea about 500 km north. A narrow coastal plain is equipped with wide sandy bays as well as series...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, most of Tanzania consists of plains and plateaus, mainly the large central high plateau. However, the land surface has a pronounced relief with Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro (5,895 m above sea level), and...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, most of Sudan is occupied by a huge basin area, 200-500 m above sea level, surrounded by mountains and high plateaus and crossed from south to north by the Nile. This one comes...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The whole northern and central part of South Africa is a plateau region. It is highest in the east, about 2,400 meters above sea level, lowest in the west in the southern parts of Kalahari, 600–900...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The 200-500 km wide strip of land around the Somali Peninsula (Horn of Africa) has completely different topographic designs in its northern and southern parts. From the border with Djibouti in the northwest to Cape Gardafai...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Of the four natural regions that are discerned in Sierra Leone, the southern coastal region is low-lying and partly marshy, and consists mostly of sand and clay. Lagoons and estuaries alternate here with long ridges. The...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The archipelago is located on the northern part of the Maskarenerry Ridge. The islands are the highest peaks of the seabed plateau, which, like Madagascar and India, once belonged to the continent of Gondwana and, by...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Senegal is for the most part an even and low lying country which is part of a basin area, which extends from the north into Senegal. Exceptions include the Cape Verde Peninsula, which...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Both islands are of volcanic origin and are a continuation of the course of volcanism that extends from the Cameroon Mountains to the southwest. According to COUNTRYAAH, the islands have volcanic highlands and lowland coastal areas....
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Western Rwanda is made up of the steep faulty slope that delimits the eastern tomb system into the East African rift system to the east. In the northwestern part of the country lies...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Congo is a narrow strip of land extending from the Atlantic Ocean more than 1,100 km north-northeast into central Africa. Inside the coastline, which is 160 km long, is a nearly 65 km...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Nigeria is on the lower part of the African mountain plateau. The country consists mostly of plateaus that are old erosion surfaces at different heights and the central river valley system of the...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Three different natural regions can be distinguished in Niger. In the north, a highland is spreading, where the Aïr massif and the Djado plateau dominate with its peak heights of 1,900-2,000 meters above sea level. They...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Inside the coast there is a 70-160 km wide belt, the Namib Desert, which consists mostly of sandy fields, migratory caves and mountain blots. It is highest in the north with several granite mountains, among others....
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The Zambezi River with the Cabora Bassa Dam divides Mozambique into a low, southern part with a wavy surface and a plateau-like, higher part in the north and northwest. The former forms southern Africa’s largest coastal...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Morocco’s bedrock has been folded in connection with the Eurasian continent colliding with Africa, and the country is largely occupied by the western parts of the Atlas Mountain. Rifatlas at the far north...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the islands volcanic bedrock has been built up over the last 30 million years. The erosion has worn down the volcanic canyons so that the country’s highest point, Piton de la Petite Rivière...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The coastal area of the Atlantic consists of beach tracks, lagoons and dunes. The material transport takes place southwards by means of the Canary stream. Inside the beach is a wide coastal plain that reaches 50...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, northern Mali is part of the Sahara, while the southern part of the country belongs to the Sudan region. The oldest bedrock is found in the Iforasberg rounded granite cliffs in the northeast....
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The long and narrow Malawi lake, whose surface is 474 meters above sea level, forms most of the country’s border to the east. According to COUNTRYAAH, the rest of Malawi has a topography that varies greatly,...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, most of Madagascar consists of a centrally located highland with a north-south ridge, which lies to the east, parallel to the coast. The coastal area to the east is therefore narrow, about 50...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock Along the Mediterranean, a coastal plain of dunes, salt marshland and oases is spreading. At the border with Tunisia in the northwest is the Jifaras Plain, which rises south to the foot of Jabal Nafusa, a...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the topography of Liberia is very varied. Within a 25–35 km wide, sandy coastal plain with marshland, enclosed lagoons and rocky headlands, a roughly 30 km wide hill area spreads, partly with fairly...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Lesotho is the country in southern Africa that makes the most reason for the term mountain country. Drakensberg in the east reaches on the border of Kwa Zulu-Natal in South Africa up to...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Kenya’s oldest bedrock is found at the far west, on Lake Victoria. The rocks here were formed early during the Precambrian. The area is predominantly petty. On the border with Uganda lies the...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock From the Gulf of Guinea in the south, the land area of the Ivory Coast gradually increases to the north. The coastal plain is a strip of land that is at most 65 km wide and...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the whole of Guinea-Bissau except the part bordering Guinea is lowland. The coastal area is crossed by a large number of river valleys that give rise to a very lush coastal type, riak...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock A 50-80 km wide plain closest to the coast constitutes one of Guinea’s four topographic regions, Lower Guinea. A large number of river valleys that form deep coves and protruding rocky pads, especially in the north...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Ghana is a low lying area where no part exceeds 900 m above sea level. More than 60% of the land area is drained by the main river Volta, which includes the artificial...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, the Gambia is completely dominated by the Gambia River and consists of a narrow strip of land on either side of the river. The width of the low plateau of tertiary sandstone intersected...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock The central and eastern parts of Gabon are dewatered by the river Ogooué. A network of tributaries breaks down the slopes to the horseshoe-shaped interior highlands. The lower part of the river with its large delta...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Ethiopia has the largest contiguous elevation area in Africa and a distinctive topography. This is mainly related to the country’s location at the large East African fault line (the rift). Ethiopia can be...
Nature Terrain shapes and bedrock According to COUNTRYAAH, Swaziland descends gradually from the slope of Drakensberg in the west to the coastal plain near the Indian Ocean in the east. The area to the west, Highveld, is more than 900 m...
