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Sierra Leone is located at approximately , between the 7th and 10th parallels north of the equator It is bordered by Guinea to the north and northeast, and Liberia to the south and southeast. [ 5 ] The country has a total area of 73,252 km 2 (28,283 sq mi), divided into a land area of 73,132 km 2 (28,236 sq mi) and water of 120 km 2 (46 sq mi).
A map of Africa showing the ecological break around the Sahara Desert The climate of Africa is a range of climates such as the equatorial climate , the tropical wet and dry climate , the tropical monsoon climate , the semi-arid climate (semi-desert and steppe), the desert climate (hyper-arid and arid), the humid subtropical climate , and the ...
Sierra Leone, [a] officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is 73,252 km 2 (28,283 sq mi). [12] It has a tropical climate and environments ranging from savannas to rainforests.
Botswana has land boundaries of combined length 4,347.15 kilometres (2,701.19 mi), of which the constituent boundaries are shared with Namibia, for 1,544 km (959 mi); South Africa 1,969 km (1,223 mi); Zimbabwe, 834 km (518 mi) and Zambia, 0.15 km (0.093 mi). Much of the population of Botswana is concentrated in the eastern part of the country.
Satellite image of Africa, showing the ecological break that defines the sub-Saharan area. Another common approach divides Aregions, or vegetation types: Nubia (Lower Nubia) (Upper Nubia) Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt; The Maghreb is a region of northwest Africa encompassing the coastlands and Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
Striking images from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite show just how massive the snowpack was. The satellite images below show the Sierra Nevada ...
Botswana, [c] officially the Republic of Botswana, [d] is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast.
Africa, specifically East Africa, has contained glacial regions, possibly as far back as the last glacial maximum 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Seasonal snow does exist on the highest peaks of East Africa as well as in the Drakensberg Range of South Africa, the Stormberg Mountains, and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.