Africa Terrain, Books, News & Weather

**Africa Terrain**
**Note: This page lists guide books, news and weather.**
Guide Books URL	Description	Terrain Description	Latitude-News	Longitude-Weather
Algeria	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia	mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain	28 00 N	3 00 E
Angola	Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo	narrow coastal plain rises abruptly to vast interior plateau	12 30 S	18 30 E
Bassas da India	Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique	volcanic rock	21 30 S	39 50 E
Benin	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Nigeria and Togo	mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains	9 30 N	2 15 E
Botswana	Southern Africa, north of South Africa	predominantly flat to gently rolling tableland; Kalahari Desert in southwest	22 00 S	24 00 E
Bouvet Island	Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)	volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 m; coast is mostly inaccessible	54 26 S	3 24 E
Burkina Faso	Western Africa, north of Ghana	mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast	13 00 N	2 00 W
Burundi	Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo	hilly and mountainous, dropping to a plateau in east, some plains	3 30 S	30 00 E
Cameroon	Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria	diverse, with coastal plain in southwest, dissected plateau in center, mountains in west, plains in north	6 00 N	12 00 E
Cape Verde	Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal	steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic	16 00 N	24 00 W
Central African Republic	Central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of the Congo	vast, flat to rolling, monotonous plateau; scattered hills in northeast and southwest	7 00 N	21 00 E
Chad	Central Africa, south of Libya	broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, mountains in northwest, lowlands in south	15 00 N	19 00 E
Comoros	Southern Africa, group of islands in the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique	volcanic islands, interiors vary from steep mountains to low hills	12 10 S	44 15 E
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Central Africa, northeast of Angola	vast central basin is a low-lying plateau; mountains in east	0 00 N	25 00 E
Congo, Republic of the	Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon	coastal plain, southern basin, central plateau, northern basin	1 00 S	15 00 E
Cote d'Ivoire	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia	mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest	8 00 N	5 00 W
Djibouti	Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia	coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains	11 30 N	43 00 E
Egypt	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip	vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta	27 00 N	30 00 E
Equatorial Guinea	Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon	coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic	2 00 N	10 00 E
Eritrea	Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan	dominated by extension of Ethiopian north-south trending highlands, descending on the east to a coastal desert plain, on the northwest to hilly terrain and on the southwest to flat-to-rolling plains	15 00 N	39 00 E
Ethiopia	Eastern Africa, west of Somalia	high plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley	8 00 N	38 00 E
Europa Island	Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from southern Madagascar to southern Mozambique	low and flat	22 20 S	40 22 E
Gabon	Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea	narrow coastal plain; hilly interior; savanna in east and south	1 00 S	11 45 E
Gambia, The	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and Senegal	flood plain of the Gambia river flanked by some low hills	13 28 N	16 34 W
Ghana	Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo	mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area	8 00 N	2 00 W
Glorioso Islands	Southern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Madagascar	low and flat	11 30 S	47 20 E
Guinea	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone	generally flat coastal plain, hilly to mountainous interior	11 00 N	10 00 W
Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal	mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east	12 00 N	15 00 W
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Southern Africa, islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica	Heard Island - bleak and mountainous, with a quiescent volcano; McDonald Islands - small and rocky	53 06 S	72 31 E
Juan de Nova Island	Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique	low and flat	17 03 S	42 45 E
Kenya	Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania	low plains rise to central highlands bisected by Great Rift Valley; fertile plateau in west	1 00 N	38 00 E
Lesotho	Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa	mostly highland with plateaus, hills, and mountains	29 30 S	28 30 E
Liberia	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone	mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in northeast	6 30 N	9 30 W
Libya	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia	mostly barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus, depressions	25 00 N	17 00 E
Madagascar	Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique	narrow coastal plain, high plateau and mountains in center	20 00 S	47 00 E
Malawi	Southern Africa, east of Zambia	narrow elongated plateau with rolling plains, rounded hills, some mountains	13 30 S	34 00 E
Mali	Western Africa, southwest of Algeria	mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast	17 00 N	4 00 W
Mauritania	Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara	mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills	20 00 N	12 00 W
Mauritius	Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar	small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau	20 17 S	57 33 E
Mayotte	Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern Mozambique	generally undulating, with deep ravines and ancient volcanic peaks	12 50 S	45 10 E
Morocco	Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara	northern coast and interior are mountainous with large areas of bordering plateaus, intermontane valleys, and rich coastal plains	32 00 N	5 00 W
Mozambique	Southern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania	mostly coastal lowlands, uplands in center, high plateaus in northwest, mountains in west	18 15 S	35 00 E
Namibia	Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa	mostly high plateau; Namib Desert along coast; Kalahari Desert in east	22 00 S	17 00 E
Niger	Western Africa, southeast of Algeria	predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north	16 00 N	8 00 E
Nigeria	Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon	southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north	10 00 N	8 00 E
Reunion	Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar	mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along coast	21 06 S	55 36 E
Rwanda	Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo	mostly grassy uplands and hills; relief is mountainous with altitude declining from west to east	2 00 S	30 00 E
Saint Helena	islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about mid-way between South America and Africa	Saint Helena - rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains	15 56 S	5 42 W
Sao Tome and Principe	Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon	volcanic, mountainous	1 00 N	7 00 E
Senegal	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania	generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast	14 00 N	14 00 W
Seychelles	Eastern Africa, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar	Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs	4 35 S	55 40 E
Sierra Leone	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia	coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east	8 30 N	11 30 W
Somalia	Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia	mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north	10 00 N	49 00 E
South Africa	Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa	vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain	29 00 S	24 00 E
Sudan	Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India	generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in east and west	15 00 N	30 00 E
Swaziland	Northern Europe, islands between the Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Greenland Sea, and Norwegian Sea, north of Norway	mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains	26 30 S	31 30 E
Tanzania	Central Asia, west of China	plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south	6 00 S	35 00 E
Togo	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma	gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes	8 00 N	1 10 E
Tromelin Island	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela	low, flat, and sandy	15 52 S	54 25 E
Tunisia	Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar	mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara	34 00 N	9 00 E
Uganda	Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia	mostly plateau with rim of mountains	1 00 N	32 00 E
Western Sahara	Middle East, west of Jordan	mostly low, flat desert with large areas of rocky or sandy surfaces rising to small mountains in south and northeast	24 30 N	13 00 W
Zambia	Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia	mostly high plateau with some hills and mountains	15 00 S	30 00 E
Zimbabwe	Southern Africa, east of Angola	mostly high plateau with higher central plateau (high veld); mountains in east	20 00 S	30 00 E