Physical Geography of South Africa

Southern Africa is mineral rich region of intense physical contrast. If you were to walk across South Africa, you would see plateaus, mountains, rivers, and vast deserts. It is on these elevated plateaus deserts that the African people have adapted to survive. Most of the region is located on these grassy plains, with mountains like the Drankensburg and Inyaga separating them into different countries. Other inabitants of these plains are a variety of animals such as lions, tigers, elephants, gazelle, and antelope. Crisscrossing down from the mountians of Centeral Africa are many rivers vying from control over the main plataeu. They almost all empty into the Indian Ocean. It's believed that once rivers like these flowed through the arid deserts like the Namib, resulting in heavy mineral deposits from times past. This wealth is shown in coal, platinum, copper, uranium and iron ore. So overall, the region of South Africa houses rich minerals, diverse cultures, and a variety of geographic features.