Regions of Africa Regions of Africa The Great Lakes of Africa are a series of lakes in and around the Great Rift Valley. They include Lake Victoria, the world's third largest lake. The Great Lakes are: ...more on Wikipedia about "African Great Lakes"
Biffeche or Bifeche was the early name for a medium-sized island (Isle de Bifeche) in the delta ...more on Wikipedia about "Biffeche"
Bongo Country is today part of Gabon, where such towns as Bongoville are located. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bongo Country"
The Bulge of Africa is composed of West Africa and the Maghreb. This distinctive landmass gives Africa its characteristic shape. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bulge of Africa"
Guinea is a traditional name for the region of Africa that lies along the Gulf of Guinea. It stretches north through the forested, tropical, regions and ends at the Sahel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guinea (region)"
The Horn of Africa (or, Somali Peninsula) is a peninsula of East Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. It is the easternmost projection of the African continent, and so-called because of its resemblance to a rhinoceros's horn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horn of Africa"
Northwest Africa is the northwestern part of Africa. The term Northwest Africa is commonly used in various disciplines : geo-politics, archaeology, anthropology and genetics. It is preferred over the utilisation of Maghreb possibly because of the perceived Arabocentrism of the term. ...more on Wikipedia about "Northwest Africa" shortopedia - now!
The continent of Africa can be conceptually subdivided into a number of regions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Regions of Africa"
The Sahel (from Arabic ساحل, sahil, shore, border or coast of the Sahara desert) is the boundary zone in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the more fertile region to the south, known as the Sudan (not to be confused with the country of the same name). ...more on Wikipedia about "Sahel"
Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa south of the Sahara, is the term used to describe those countries of Africa that are not considered part of North Africa or some areas of West Africa. In 19th Century Europe and the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa commonly was known as Black Africa or as Dark Africa, partly due to the race of its indigenous inhabitants and partly because much of it had not been fully mapped or explored by Westerners (Africa as a whole was sometimes labelled "the dark continent"). These terms are now obsolete and often considered to be offensive. The neutral phrase African Uplands was preferred by Hegel and some other writers of the time; however, this was primarily intended to refer to the African interior as opposed to coastal regions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sub-Saharan Africa"
The Sudan, from the Arabic bilâd as-sûdân "land of the Blacks," is a geographic region in West and Eastern Africa, extending south of the Sahel, from Mali (also once known as French Sudan) into the country of Sudan. This region receives more rainfall than the Sahel, and is suitable to farming. South of the Sudan are the tropical forests. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sudan (region)"
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