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2.2 Along the coast of Africa. ... Pakri Islands; South Funen Archipelago; Swedish East Coast Archipelago ... Asia Islands; Ayu Islands;
This is a list of islands of Africa. Sovereign island nations. Indian Ocean ... South Long Island; Senegal. Gorée; Îles des Madeleines; Morfil; Sierra Leone
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 ...
By contrast, the Canary Islands and the Madeira islands (the latter of which also include the Desertas Islands and the Savage Islands) off the Atlantic coast of Morocco are much closer to, and usually grouped with, Africa; the Canary Islands are only 100 km (62 mi) from the African mainland at their closest point but 945 km (587 mi) from the ...
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.
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.
Across most of southern Africa, apart from the Western Cape in South Africa, the major rainfall season is during the southern-hemisphere summer, from December to February. In the Western Cape, the rainfall maximum occurs from June through August. There are a number of important rainfall-producing weather systems in southern Africa.
The term Asia Pacific generally refers to a combination of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean – and most are also considered part of Australasia or Oceania. Asia contains the Indian subcontinent , Iranian Plateau , Arabian Peninsula , as well as a piece of the North American plate in Siberia.