Map Of Africa Showing Climatic Regions

The black continent is divided roughly in two by the equator and surrounded by sea except where the isthmus of suez joins it to asia. The five regions of africa. Important mountainous areas are the ethiopian highlands of eastern africa, the atlas mountains along the northwestern coast, and the drakensberg range along the southeast african coastline.

The western parts of karamoja, the southern nyika plateau, parts of western tanzania etc. A number of factors influence the climate of the african continent. To the north and south are belts of tropical climate with a dry season.

This year has seen unprecedented wildfires cause havoc across the world.

Click on above map to view higher resolution image. Second, the near bisection of the continent by the equator results in a largely symmetrical arrangement of climatic zones on either side. This symmetry is, however, imperfect because of a third. This year has seen unprecedented wildfires cause havoc across the world.