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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Central Africa - Physical Geography

Central Africa has many major landforms. The Congo Basin, Western Rift Valley. Some other lakes on Central Africa that lie along the Western Rift Valley is Lake Nyasa (Which is also referred to Lake Malawi). Lake Tanganyika, Congo River and the Zambezi River are also another important bodies of water in Central Africa. The vegetation in Central Africa is dense and has a humid, tropical climate. Animals like, gorillas, elephants, wild boars and okapis roam in the tropical rain forests. There are also other very important resources in Central Africa. There's copper and diamond. Africa's copper is found in the Copper Belt. It stretches throughout northern Zambia and the southern democratic republic on Congo. About 50 % of Cameroon is covered by vast rain forests. (Cameroon is slightly larger than California).

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