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Geography of S outhern Africa . Made by: Manisha Saha and Krittika Barua. Flora and Fauna. Africa has a variety of plants and habitats. South is known as the home of 20,000 different types of plants. They have the nearly 10% of all the plant species on earth.
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Geography of Southern Africa Made by: Manisha Saha and KrittikaBarua
Flora and Fauna • Africa has a variety of plants and habitats. • South is known as the home of 20,000 different types of plants. • They have the nearly 10% of all the plant species on earth. • On the dry western part of the country, aloes and euphorbias can be found. • Baobab trees can be found in the northeastern part of the country. • Grassland covers the largest area of the country. • South Africa has national parks and national reserves to protect animals.
Fauna South African Giraffe, Kruger National Park
Birds The Blue Crane is the National Bird of South Africa
Climate • Southern Africa climate has warm, sunny days and cool night. • Rainfall generally occurs during the summer and in the southwest around Cape Town, rainfall occurs in winter. • South Africa is surrounded by Atlantic Ocean on the west and Indian ocean on the east. • Winters in South Africa are between June and August. The western part of the country has a Mediterranean climate with warm to hot, dry, sunny summer weather and mild, and rainy conditions in winter. • The country is divided with three geographical areas the central plateau Highveld, the costal plains Lowveld and the desert area Kalahari basin.