Africa's Climate

Mediterranean climate

Mediterranean climate zones 1. mild wet winters and warm dry summers

Kalahari

located in the south west receives almost 10 inches of rain fall annually

tropical rain forest

-The equator runs through this area -Hot sticky summers all year long - Get between 60-80 inches of rain

savanna

1. 30% of the entire continent is the savanna 2. very tall grass ( some of them as high as 6 feet with occasional big tall trees) 3. the rain only comes in one quick period usually summer

Tropical rainforest

1. central portion eastern coast of Madagascar

step region

1. low grasses 2. desert some areas have no vegetation at all 3. the deserts are spreading in Africa because of climate modification and how people are changing the landscape

arid/desert

Africa has larger area of arid or desert climate zones than any continent except Australia 1. Sahara in the north the horn in the east

Sahara

daily and seasonal extreme of temperature are great

steppe climate zone

drier outside the savanna zone

tropical savanna

encompasses about on-fifth of Africa 1. wet season during the summer months 2. dry season during the winter months

eastern africa

rain fall is well distributed throughout the year and temperatures are equable

to become apart of a rain forest

to be considered a rain forest u have to have 2.4 inches of rain every single month also some of the worst soil in the world