What Is The Climate Like In Africa?

The continent of Africa is the second-largest and the second most populated continent in the world after Asia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea towards the north; the Suez Canal and the Red Sea are located around the northeast, the Indian Ocean is towards the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean is towards the west.

The African climate varies from the Tropical to Subarctic. The northern region is mainly desert region and the land found here is infertile, rainforest and savanna plains are situated in the southern and central region.

Africa has been the oldest colonized region on earth, in the twentieth century anthropologist found many human fossils which dated back to seven million years. Though there no evidence or record but theorist believe that by 130,000 BC most of Africa's population stayed in the Sahara as it had fertile land and was crossed by many rivers.

Its very hot and humid and quite dry with high temperatures as high as 45+.