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1y ago

Population density of Africa

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I'm surprised how much brighter tanzinia area is than south Africa
- That's Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi all together, draped around lake Victoria. It's quite densely populated there.
  
  Rwanda and Burundi are each among the top 20 most densely populated countries. Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, not so much, to my surprise. I thought Malawi might be too but nope.
- Unfortunately these lakes (Victoria, Tanganyka and Malawi) water levels have become very volatile due to climate change and will increase to do so. There is an acute risk of a lot of climate refugees coming from these bright yellow areas within the next century.
- Load shedding. Half the lights in SA are off

Alternative title: The Continent Is Made Of Lava

Damn, the Nile is crazy dense.

Population't density of Sahara

I heard u might be able to afford a house in that dark stripe
- I heard if you find a house around there you can just keep it.

For anyone else curious, that bright spot and line at the top right is Cairo, Egypt and the line follows along the Nile River.

No one else sees the burning skull?
- I see it brother. The night is dark and full of terrors.

Madagascar is really that dense? TIL

Apparently most of the population avoids deserts (understandable) and likes to hang out in the tropical or near-sea environment.

The right hand side of South Africa, (KZN and the Eastern Cape) are also the poorest and worst run parts of the country.

... Neat.

Equator is dark.
edit: equator makes dark, see H1jack's answer.
- Except that isn't the equator it's further south
  
  Yeah it's pretty neat to learn about. The high heat of the equator causes clouds coming off the ocean to the east to drop all their rain, creating the rainforest. Then the now dry winds travel north and south off the equator, bringing lots of heat and dryness, which gives us the Sahara!
- That was my first thought when I saw it too, but I went and looked and was reminded how bad my geography knowledge is!
  There's really not much in the southern hemisphere. I spent most of my life in Australia and generally thought of Africa and South America as being down under with us, but 2/3 of Africa is above the equator and even 10% of South America is "north".
- And hot.
  
  And dry
- Lol

Where you would need to put lava to maximize deaths in africa

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