Africa climate zones

Mediterranean Climate Zones

Northwest and southwest characterized by mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers

Kalahari and Namib Desert

located in the Southwest receives less than 250 mm of rainfall annually

steppe region

low grasses desert-some areas have no vegetation at all. the deserts are spreading in Africa because of climate modification and how people change landscape

to be a tropical rainforest

need 2.4 inches of rainfall every single month to be consider as a tropical rainforest

savanna

1. 30% of the entire continent is savanna 2. very tall grass ( some of them as high as 6 feet) with occasional big tall trees.

Arid/ desert

Africa has a larger area than any continent except Australia EX: Sahara- north, Horn - east

Eastern Africa

Kenya and Uganda, rainfall is well distributed throughout the year and temperatures are equable

tropical Savanna

compasses about one- fifth of Africa. two seasons: wet season during the summer months and dry season during winter months

Sahara

daily and seasonal extremes of temperature are great

Steppe climate

drier outside the Savanna zone

tropical rain forest

eastern coast of Madagascar 2. heaviest rainfall monsoon

tropical rainforest

the equator runs through this area and hot sticky summer all year around, gets 60- 80 inches of rain