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Africa

Africa. A Quick Look. The Continent of Africa (2013). Population : 1,099,181,000 North American population:351,370,000 Growth rate: 2.3% North American GR: 0.9 % Life Expectancy: 58 years North American life expectancy: 79 years

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Africa

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  1. Africa A Quick Look

  2. The Continent of Africa (2013) • Population : 1,099,181,000 • North American population:351,370,000 • Growth rate: 2.3% • North American GR: 0.9 % • Life Expectancy: 58 years • North American life expectancy: 79 years • What life style expectations can me make using the statistics?

  3. Life Expectancy

  4. Religion

  5. Major Physical Features

  6. Sahara Desert

  7. A look at the Sahara • Very diverse landscape • Arid Mountains, Dune fields, Shallow Basins, and Large Oasis Depressions • Two permanent Rivers • The Nile and The Niger • Temperature • Daytime: well over 100 Degrees (F) • Hottest Day: 136 Degrees on Sept. 13, 1922 • Night Time temperatures can fall to 40 Degrees or Lower frozen temperatures can occur in the north.

  8. Can it Snow in the Sahara?

  9. The Nile River

  10. Nile River • The Longest River in the World • The Nile Rivers flows north to the Meditation Sea • Two Main Sources • The White Nile: Lake Victoria, Uganda • The Blue Nile: Lake Tana, Ethiopia. • The Nile contains black sediment that has made farming passable in the arid desert • Provides about 80% of Sudan's Electricity

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