1. Climate, Vegetation, and Human Interaction
Africa
Climate, Vegetation, and Human Interaction

2. What is the difference between climate and weather?

3. The answer
Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, and its short- term variation in minutes to weeks.
Climate is the weather of a place averaged over a period of time, often 30 years.

4. The winter in Africa is not like North America because…
The equator divides Africa in half from north to south.

5. Africa in movies…

6. Mount Kilimanjaro
It is the highest point in Africa.

7. Rainforest
A rainforest is an area that gets 80 inches of rain per year.

8. There are rainforest in Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, and Washington
There are rainforest in Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, and Washington. Hoh Rain Forest (Washington)

9. The coldest parts of Africa are the Sahara Desert at night, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Mount Kenya.

10. Sahara It means “desert” in Arabic It stretches about 3,000 miles
+100 degrees during the day
Freezing temperatures during the night

11. Sahara - Caravan

12. Sahara Travel the Sahara is risky because of the extreme conditions
Many travelers rely on the camel

13. Camels can live 17 days without water

14. Water in the Sahara
6,000 feet under the hottest and driest of places lie huge stores of underground water called aquifers
In some places, this water comes to the surface and it is called an oasis

15. Oasis - Libya

17. Tropics
Africa has a large tropical area – the largest in any continent
90% of the continent lies within the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
This is very good for agriculture

18. Sunshine and Rainfall Rainfall is often a matter of extremes
Rainfall vary from year to year
Several drought in 1980’s and 1990’s
Drought is a period of dryness
It causes damage to the crops (agriculture)

19. Sunshine and Rainfall Rainy seasons last for 6 months
In Cameroon, it can rain up to 7 inches an hour
It rains only in the winter in North Africa and during the summer in Southern Africa

20. Grassy Continent
Africa vegetation consists of grasslands, rain forests, and many other plant life
Serengeti Plain at Tanzania

23. Perfect conditions to grow grass
Waterbuck

24. Tropical Grassland Grass grows as tall as a person
Ideal place for grazing animals
Graze means “to feed on growing herbage”
Large mammals make annual migrations
Wildebeest, gazelles, and zebras

25. Rain Forest
The major rain forest are located in the area of the Congo Basin
+100 kinds of trees, hundreds species of birds, and a massive number of plants
The air is hot and very humid
Farmers use the slash and burn technique
S&B farming is responsible of the destruction of the rain forest