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A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. [5] A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. [6] In English, the plural of peninsula is peninsulas or, less commonly, peninsulae. A river which courses through a very tight ...
Peninsulas of Africa by country (8 C) H. Horn of Africa (6 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Peninsulas of Africa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Peninsulas of South Africa (2 P) T. Peninsulas of Tunisia (1 P) This page was last edited on 26 December 2016, at 19:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Much of Africa is made up of plains of the pediplain and etchplain type often occurring as steps. [2] [3] The etchplains are commonly associated with laterite soil and inselbergs. [2] Inselberg-dotted plains are common in Africa including Tanzania, [4] the Anti-Atlas of Morocco, [2] Namibia, [5] and the interior of Angola. [6]
A peninsula [1] [2] is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side [3] [4] Peninsulas exist on each continent. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula .
The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, [2] [3] [4] is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa. [5] Located on the easternmost part of the African mainland, it is the fourth largest peninsula in the world and is composed of the four countries Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Eritrea.
English: South Africa—Republic of South Africa Tsonga: Afrika Dzonga—Riphabliki ra Afrika Dzonga Tswana: Aforika Borwa—Rephaboliki ya Aforika Borwa Southern Ndebele: Sewula Afrika—iRiphabliki yeSewula Afrika Northern Sotho: Afrika-Borwa—Repabliki ya Afrika-Borwa (Southern) Sotho: Afrika Borwa—Rephaboliki ya Afrika Borwa
The peninsula is highly topographically varied, and has a wide range of annual rainfall variation over a small area, and a large diversity of nutrient poor soils, and consequently supports a wide range of habitats and ecological communities. [18] The peninsula lies within the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. It is the home of some 2285 ...