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What is the land like in Africa Eg tropical rainforests Deserts?
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Mostly desert and plains
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Tropical rainforests have more kinds of plants and animals than any other land biome what is a biotic factor in a tropical rain forest?
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What fraction of earth is coverd by?
It is not possible to answer the question because the characteristic of interested is not given. The question could refer to water, fresh water, oceans, land, inhabited land, rainforests, deserts, grassland, agricultural land or a thousand other possibilities.
What land suffers most from wind erosion?
Deserts
What are the different land and climate zones of Africa?
The main climates of Africa are desert, savanna, rain forest,and mediterranean. Desert climate zones are hot and dry.The soil in the savanna fertile. In the rain forest, vegetationmakes farming impossible. Mediterranean climates on the northAfrica coast and southern tip of Africa is mild. Summers are mostly hotwhile winters a generally mild and rainy. land is fertile in some of these areas.By Fabrice Tuyizere
What are the major physical features of the Congo?
PHYSICAL FEATURESAfrica straddles the equator, having an almost equal south and north extent. This division of Africa into almost two equal parts (lengthwise) across the equator makes the climatic and physical conditions in the north repeat themselves in the south. For example, the Kalahari Desert is the south's answer to the Sahara; the Karoo matches the Maghreb, while the conditions in the Cape area are almost identical to those of the Mediterranean region.Africa is the most tropical of all continents. Climate and vegetation range from equatorial rainforests, tropical deserts and savanna grassland to Mediterranean. The Sahara Desert, the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, is over 10.4 million km2 n North to south is approx. 1800 kms and east-west is 5600km.
Which has more land - deserts or rainforests?
Deserts cover much more of the earth's surface than do rainforests.
What is the percent of the land mass tropical rainforests take up?
8%
What land biome has the most species of organisms?
Tropical rainforest
Does Greenland have any tropical rainforests?
yes yes there is it is called queen land.
What part of the land surface do tropical rain forests do they cover?
the land surface that the tropical rainforests cover is the equater. and the continent it covers is south America
What ruminant of tropical Africa is the tallest land mammal?
The giraffe is the tallest land mammal, is a ruminant, and comes from tropical Africa.
What is the land like in Australia?
It varies. There are vast deserts, and both arid and semi-arid lands; there are grasslands, and tropical rainforests; but there is also plenty of rich, fertile crop land which puts Australia in the enviable position of being able to be self-sufficient, if it ever needed to.
What kind of climate does Africa have?
Some of Africa is tropical, some is sub-tropical and some is desert-land.
Where do you find forests?
Aforest is located where there are lots of trees and land.
Tropical rainforests have more kinds of plants and animals than any other land biome what is a biotic factor in a tropical rain forest?
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What percent of Africa is covered with deserts?
Approximately 60% of Africa is covered in deserts and drylands. The majority of this 40% is comprised of the Sahara Desert in the north of the continent. It is the world's largest hot desert and covers 3.3 million square miles. It makes up 25% of the continent alone. There are 8 other major deserts in Africa:the Chalbi along the northern Kenyan and Ethiopian borderthe Danakil in northeastern Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, and northwestern Djiboutithe Grand Bara in southern Djiboutithe Kalahari in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africathe Karoo in South Africathe Lompoul in Senegalthe Moçâmedes in Angolathe Namib in NamibiaCentral Africa is mostly comprised of the semi-arid Sahel below the Sahara where the desert begins to meet the tropical climate of the jungles and rainforests. Much of Africa is also covered in savanna plains.
What are the 4 environments in Africa?
Africa is a vast continent, and types of vegetation that grow on it are influenced largely by the various climates and soil types that exist across the land. Africa itself contains vegetation as varied as tropical rain forests, desert scrubs, and montane.
