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The northern part of the island functions as the unrecognized (except by Turkey) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The Greek North Aegean islands and the Dodecanese lie on the coast of the Asian part of Turkey (on the Asian continental shelf). Thus, generally, these island groups could be considered part of Asia.
The Asian part of the map shows the Arabian Peninsula, Persia, the Indian subcontinent including the island of Sri Lanka, and the islands of Java and Sumatra, as well as Burma, China, and the Korean peninsula. The Caspian Sea, which is bordering Europe, has an accurate shape, but the outline of Southern Asia is distorted. India has been split ...
Southern Africa excluding South Africa (ex-SA) This incorporates countries south of central and eastern Africa, and north of the South African border. The region has support from the most developed economy on the continent from the south, and access to capital coming out of South Africa as large companies look to expand into the rest of the ...
The islands of Africa can be subdivided into Indian Ocean Islands and Atlantic Ocean Islands. [5] The largest number of islands of Africa are found in the Indian Ocean, with the sovereign island nations of Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar located off the southeastern seaboard of Africa being the most notable.
The high southern and eastern plateaus, rarely falling below 600 m (2,000 ft), have a mean elevation of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft). The South African plateau, as far as about 12° S, is bounded east, west and south by bands of high ground which fall steeply to the coasts. On this account South Africa has a general resemblance to an inverted saucer.
A November 2002 satellite image of Southern Africa Victoria Falls is part of the Zambezi river, which forms the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia The Namib is a coastal desert in Namibia. The terrain of Southern Africa is varied, ranging from forest [7] and grasslands to deserts. The region has both low-lying coastal areas, and mountains.
Southeast Africa, [1] [2] or Southeastern Africa, [3] [a] is an African region that is intermediate between East Africa [b] and Southern Africa. [ c ] [ 8 ] It comprises the countries Botswana , Eswatini , Kenya , Lesotho , Malawi , [ 9 ] Mozambique , [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Namibia , Rwanda , South Africa , Tanzania , Uganda , [ 12 ] Zambia and Zimbabwe ...
It contains all or parts of five continents [1] (the whole of Antarctica, the whole of Australia, about 90% of South America, about one-third of Africa, and some islands off the continental mainland of Asia) and four oceans (the whole Southern Ocean, the majority of the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the South Pacific Ocean), as ...