Physical Geography of Southern Africa

Southern Africa has a large topography, infact most of the land in Southern Africa is lies on Mountains and Plateuas. These mountain and plateaus reach from 4000 feet or 1220 m above sea level. It is said that the steep face at the edge of a plateau is called an escarpment. Along with Mountains ans Plateaus, South Africa also has a large variety of Rivers. One of the most famous river in South Africa is called the Okavango River. One of the main reasons this river is so famous would be because the rivers water rever reaches the ocean, instead it forms a swampy inland delta. South Africa's Climate gpes from each to west, but it is said that the driest place in the whole of South Africa would be Madagascar, an island South East of Africa. Now lets move on to the resoarces in South Africa. Madagascar's froest provide timber, the regions fast flowing rivers provide hydroelectricity and also water for irrigation. But these aren't the regions most valuable resoarses, infact they are minerals. Mines in the South West of Africa provide most of the gold and silver the whole world uses today. So now you know South Africa is maily covered with grassy plains and deserts atop a large plateau. Minerals are among the region's main resoarces.