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CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

ClassNotes Team 2 MIN READUPDATED 17 JUN 2026

GEOGRAPHY SSS2 THIRD TERM

WEEK – SIX

AFRICA: CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

REFERENCE

Essential Geography for Senior Secondary Schools by O.A. Iwena

AFRICA: CLIMATE AND VEGETATION

Climate is the atmospheric condition of a place over a long period of time.

Factors affecting the climate of Africa are:

  1. Latitude
  2. Altitude
  3. Distance from the sea or ocean
  4. Ocean currents
  5. Planetary winds and pressure belts
  6. Slope and aspect
  7. Cloud cover
  8. Vegetation

TYPES OF CLIMATE IN AFRICA

  1. The Equatorial Hot Climate: This is found in the Zaire Basin of Central Africa and in the coast of West Africa (except Ghana).
  2. The Tropical Continental (Sudan) Climate: It is found in West Africa and curves southwards into East Africa and Southern Africa.
  3. The Mediterranean Climate: It is…