Portal:Geography/Featured picture/2009, week 6

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Climate zones of Africa, showing the ecological break between the desert climate of the Sahara and the Horn of Africa (red), the semi-arid Sahel (orange) and the tropical climate of Central and Western Africa (blue). Southern Africa has a transition to semi-tropical or temperate climates (green), and more desert or semi-arid regions, centered on Namibia and Botswana.

Photo credit: Peel, M. C., Finlayson, B. L., and McMahon, T. A. (University of Melbourne)