Africa

The African continent is crossed by the equator and is caracterized by a lack of precipitations. We distinct different climates : warm and humid near the equator, warm and dry, subtropical and moderate. strong>

Surface

30 220 000 km²

Temperatures

From -2,5 °C to 56°C

Climate conditions

drought, monsoon

African fauna

Lion, giraffe, elephant, tiger, hippopotamus, ...

  = Zone avec animaux d'Afrique

 

barbary ape

macaca sylvanus

barbary ape

blue wildebeest

connochaetes taurinus

blue wildebeest

Cameroon sheep

ovis aries

Cameroon sheep

chapman's zebra

Equus burchelli chapmani

chapman's zebra

common eland

taurotragus oryx

common eland

Common ostrich

Struthio camelus

Common ostrich

eastern black-and-white colobus

colobus guereza

eastern black-and-white colobus

Hamadryas baboon

papio hamadryas

Hamadryas baboon

Lemur catta

Lemur catta

Lemur catta

Mandrill

Mandrillus sphinx

Mandrill

red crested turaco

Tauraco erythrolophus

red crested turaco

red river dog

potamochoerus porcus

red river dog

Scimitar-horned oryx

Oryx dammah

Scimitar-horned oryx

spotted hyena

crocuta crocuta

spotted hyena

watutsi

Bos taurus

watutsi

White lion

Panthera leo

White lion

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