2. Introduction  South Africa is a country – Southern Africa is a subregion  Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius  Tropical, desert, and temperate regions

3. Landforms  Question – what is Southern Africa’s most dominant physical feature?

4. Landforms  Most of the land, sits at high altitudes – over 2,000 feet  On western coast lie coastal plains, but looming behind them is The Great Escarpment  Escarpment – a long cliff that separates lands at two different altitudes

5. The Great EscarpmentThe Great Escarpment  The cliffs form almost a perfect U-Shape  From west coast south to the Cape of Good Hope, then northeast to the South Africa and Mozambique border  The Drakensberg Range – rises to more than 11,000 feet on southern edge of South Africa

8. Inside the UInside the U  Mostly hills and plateaus  Also called “tableland”  The Highveld – 6,000 foot altitude  Botswana sits mostly in a basin

9. Madagascar  Smaller version of the mainland  Middle is a series of plateaus, surrounded by escarpment  Has volcanic peaks  Tsiafajavona – 8,671 feet

10. Water SystemsWater Systems  Question – How do people harness the power of the subregion’s rivers?

11. Water SystemsWater Systems  Okavango River – runs southeast from central Angola to northern Botswana  Ends in a delta  Delta – an section of land formed as the waters of a river slow down and split into many channels as they deposit silt and sediment

12. Water SystemsWater Systems  Orange River  Limpopo River  Zambezi River – along southern border of Zimbabwe drops suddenly to form Victoria Falls  Rivers aren’t navigable – home to hippopotamuses and crocodiles  Useful for hydroelectricity

13. Climates  Mediterranean  Savanna – tropical wet/dry  Home of the Big Five