Africa
North Africa/Continent
Which ocean lies to the north of the world?
The Arctic Ocean includes the North Pole region in the middle of the Northern Hemisphere and extends south to about 60°N. The Arctic Ocean is surrounded by Eurasia and North America, and the borders follow topographic features: the Bering Strait on the Pacific side and the Greenland Scotland Ridge on the Atlantic side.
What is the name of Ocean on the west of Africa?
The Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west.
What is the main religion in North Africa?
The primary religion is Islam (Sunni) and the primary languages are of the Berber and Semitic language branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Some languages in these branches include Arabic, Amharic, Tigrinya.
Why is North Africa a desert?
The answer lies in the climate of the Arctic and northern high latitudes. However, around 5,500 years ago there was a sudden shift in climate in northern Africa leading to rapid acidification of the area. What was once a tropical, wet, and thriving environment suddenly turned into the desolate desert we see today.
Which ocean is the saltiest?
the Atlantic Ocean
But as in weather, where there are areas of high and low pressure, there are areas of high and low salinity. Of the five ocean basins, the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest. On average, there is a distinct decrease of salinity near the equator and at both poles, although for different reasons.
What is the name of the desert that covers much of north Africa?
The Sahara
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world and occupies approximately 10 percent of the African Continent. The ecoregion includes the hyper-arid central portion of the Sahara where rainfall is minimal and sporadic.
What ocean lies to the north of Europe?
Europe is a peninsula of the Eurasian supercontinent and is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas to the south.
What is the main language in North Africa?
Arabic
Arabic didn’t originate in Africa, but today it’s the mother tongue of over 140 million Africans. As a result, it’s the most common native language on the continent overall. Most African Arabic speakers live in North Africa, where Arabic is the majority language.
Which is Ocean lies to the west of Africa?
It has North and South America in the West and Europe and Africa in the east. It covers an area of 82,000,000 square km, which is 1/6th of the geographical area of the globe and half of the Pacific Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean was formed due to the drifting of North and South Americans to the West due to plate tectonic.
What are the major bodies of water that surround Africa?
Africa is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Red Sea to the northeast, Indian Ocean to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The Indian and Atlantic Oceans converge off the southern coast of South Africa.
Where is the Atlantic Ocean located in the world?
The ocean is situated in an S- shaped elongated basin which lies longitudinally between Eurasia and Africa to the east and Americas to the west. Atlantic Ocean is connected to the Arctic Ocean in the north side, Pacific Ocean in the south west and Indian Ocean in the south east and southern ocean in the far south.
How is the Atlantic Ocean connected to the Arctic Ocean?
Atlantic Ocean is connected to the Arctic Ocean in the north through the Denmark Strait, Greenland Sea, Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. To the south east end, the Atlantic Ocean is bordered by Indian Ocean at the 20⁰ East meridians running south from Cape Agulhas to Antarctica.
