Introduction:
Cameroon and Suriname are two countries that both are on the coast touching the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname is located in northern South America, whereas Cameroon is located on the inside bend of the African continent. In this paper I will compare the both these countries physical characteristics, climate, and the life in these countries
Physical Characteristics Cameroon. Cameroon is a Triangular shaped country split up into four regions; North, Central, Southern, and Western. The Northern region contains a savanna, and is scattered with inselbergs. The only notable feature of the central region is the Adamawa Plateau, which it also shares with the north. The South is contains another plateau which is densely forested. Finally the Western Region, which is mostly
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Although Suriname has some grass plains, most of its landscape is made up of rainforest. The closest they come to each other though would be their thick forest in high elevation. Suriname has forest all over but shares Cameroon in having them thousands of feet above sea level.
Climate
Cameroon. Cameroon has four seasons; Extreme Dry and Wet, and Mild Dry and wet. This causes Cameron to get most of its precipitation within just a few months, most of it falling in the highlands. The seasons are determined by two air masses, a dry continental tropical air mass, which comes from the Sahara, and Warm humid maritime tropical air mass from the atlantic which brings strong winds and rain (Benneh & DeLancey 2006). Suriname. Suriname also has the same four season, although the months they occur vary slightly. The highest annual rainfall falls in the south near the Brazilian border (Chin & Menke 2006). Comparison. From the data found in the sources I picked, it looks like Cameroon receives a higher annual rainfall than Suriname. Although they about seem to have their highest amount rainfall in the higher elevated
Sandikhola has a subtropical climate and receives on average 1400-2000mm of rain per year and has an average of 26oC. Sandikhola has a two-season year made up of the dry and wet seasons. The dry season runs from October to May and the wet season from June to September.
Between the time period of 1492 to 1750, the regions of America and Africa, through the Columbian exchange, had experienced similarities in the spread of crops, people, and diseases, but differences when it came to the reason for change in population density, environmental change, and change of local ethnicities.
It’s the large amount of rain and constant temperature that makes these two biome perfect for rice cultivation see source 1 for tropical rainforest map and source 2 for temperate deciduous forest map.
The vegetation is mostly trees. There are many types of trees, Some of the trees are coniferous trees and deciduous. It is all scattered in the southern part of the Canadian Shield. The forests are all mixed with birch trees, aspen trees, tamarisk trees, black and white spruce trees, willow trees, hemlock trees, pine trees and balsam fir trees. The mixed forests are beautiful in the fall when the leaves of the deciduous trees change color.
Ethiopia is one of the most unique among African countries for maintaining its freedom from colonial rule, with the short exception of an occupation by the Italians from 1936-1941. A socialist state was established in 1974 with the overthrow of Emperor Selassie, who had been in control since 1930. A junta or group of military officers called the Derg was responsible for the coup. Yet, this corrupt administration has lead only to warfare and wide scale public suffering. In 1991, the junta was finally brought down by a combination of revolutionary forces who called themselves the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. In 1994, a constitution was drafted and 1995 marked Ethiopia’s first multiparty elections. Recently, a boarder feud with Eritrea, that lasted over 2 years, was ended in December of 2000; yet recent objections by Ethiopia have delayed a final declaration of border.
Unlike North America, Summer in Ethiopia is cold, rainy and foggy. On the other side, the Winter is where we get to have our, what they North American would call, Summer Vacation.
There’s wet tundra, alpine tundra, glaciers and iceland, coastal western hemlock/ Sitka spruce forest, and post-glacial meadows and thickets. As for marine ecosystems, continental shelf, wave-beaten coasts, and fjord estuaries have been
Northeast Brazil has limited vegetation as it is the driest part of the country. While most of the country experiences hot temperatures in general, some regions do experience mild to cool winters however never cold enough for snow. Brazil is home to the famous Amazon rainforest which is home to many exotic plants and animals. Some challenges to agriculture growth and animal life is deforestation as well as acid rain.
The major biomes are the tundra, taiga, tropical rain forest, temperate forests, desert, grassland, savanna, chaparral, and marine. Each biome has it’s own characteristics, such as the tundra. The tundra is a biome that is located in the Northern Hemisphere of the world. It circles the North Pole and reaches down to the Taiga. The tundra has a very cold and harsh climate, especially in the winters.
"Major Problems Facing Cameroon Today." AFRICAW: Africa and the World. N.p., 9 Sept. 2011. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.
About one third of this extremely poor country floods annually during the rainy monsoon season, causing for bad economic development. Bangladesh has three main seasons; tropical, mild winter that lasts from October to March, a hot humid summer that goes from March to June, and a humid, warm monsoon season that brings them back to October. The terrain of the country is mostly flat plains across the country and hilly on the southeast side. Bangladesh shares many cultural and geographical features with nearby West Bengal. The country has come so far in the last few decades by gaining their independence.
Hello Coach Willaim’s, i am going to tell you about African savannas. Im at The savannas in Kenya, Africa. Savannas have warm temperature throughout the year. There really isn't a difference in the Savannas seasons. Savannas has a very long dry season which is during the winter, and a very wet season which is during summer.
reaching 240 m (800 ft) in height. The annual rainfall averages only 25 mm (1
They have four seasons; however the climate never reaches too cold or too hot. For this reason, tourism flourishes all throughout the year.