1. Central Africa

2. Central Africa
Central Africa Republic and Cameroon became independent from France in 1960.

3. Central Africa
Central African Republic (C.A.R) lies on a vast plateau bordered on both sides by basins– broad flat valleys.
Savannas –cover most of the plateau, but tropical rainforests are found in the southwest.

4. Central Africa
Cameroon has moved toward economic growth. Most people in C.A.R. and Cameroon depend on subsistence farming to make a living. Chief cash crops in Cameroon are bananas, cacao, coffee, cotton, and peanuts.

6. Central Africa
Cameroon has had greater success moving toward economic development than C.A.R. because Cameroon has a stable government, coastal ports and many natural resources.

7. Central Africa
Many people in both countries raise cattle. They try to stay away from tsetse flies.
Tsetse flies— cause a deadly disease in cattle that can spread to humans.

8. Central Africa
Congo and Gabon also became independent from France in
Both have excellent waterways and natural resources
Both lie on the Equator and have hot humid climates

9. Central Africa
Gabon has palm-lined beaches and swamps--as you move inland the land rises to become rolling hills and low mountains.

10. Central Africa Congo has a low treeless plain along the Atlantic coast
Low mountain ranges and plateaus are just inland.
Ubangi River and Congo River –flow there.
Congo River is Congo’s major waterway.
Pictures are of the Ubangi River

11. Central Africa
Equatorial Guinea was a Spanish Colony until Equatorial Guinea’s largest island Bioko has rich volcanic soil.

12. Central Africa
Sao Tome and Principe became independent from Portugal in
When the Portuguese settled there in 1470 no humans were living there.
Now most people live on Sao Tome, the largest island.

13. Central Africa
Sao Tome and Principe are on a chain of inactive volcanoes.
Volcanic ash makes the soil more fertile.