AFRICAN NATURAL HAZARDS

FRANCE
SWITZ.

AUSTRIA

HUNGARY
CROATIA BOSNIA

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

NO DATA

ROMANIA
FMR. YUGOSLAVIA GEORGIA

TURKMENISTAN AZERBAIJAN ARMENIA

ANDORRA

Cartography by K.Fuller and P.Bush Copyright Reactions Publishing Group, London Cartography Petroleum Economist Limited, London April 2004 Reproduction of the contents of this map in any manner whatsoever is prohibited without prior consent of the publisher ISBN 1 86186 139 7

SPAIN PORTUGAL
Menorca Ibiza Majorca

BULGARIA

Black Sea

Corsica

ITALY
Sardinia

Adriatic Sea

MACEDONIA

ALBANA
Corfu

TURKEY GREECE
Aegean Sea
Omo

Tangier

Maderia (Port.)
RABAT Casablanca Safi Marrakech
AT

ALGIERS Ttouan
R IF

Oran Oujda

Constantine

TUNIS

Sicily Rhodes

Sal Mekns
S LA
MO

Fs
UN
TA

IN

S
R

MALTA

CYPRUS LEBANON

SUDAN

IRAN IRAQ Geographic Africa

LEGEND:
5000m+ 4000m 3000m 2000m 1000m 500m 200m sea level

La Palma Tenerife Lanzarote

S L A A T

S A

MOROCCO

TUNISIA

Zuwarah TRIPOLI Misratah

Crete e d i t e r r a n e a n
Benghazi

S e a
Alexandria

ISRAEL PALESTINE
Tanta Shubra-El-Khema CAIRO Imbaba Mansra Port Said El-Mahalla El-Kubra Ismailya Zagazig Suez Giza

Gulf of Sirte Gran Canaria

LAYOUNE

JORDAN

Oued Dr

-1000m -2000m -3000m -4000m -5000m -6000m other areas

KUWAIT BAHRAIN Indian Ocean Islands

Mah Inner Islands Seychelles Addu Atoll

SA

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FEZZAN

LIBYA

Y R E

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Nile

A L G E R I A

S A U D I
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EGYPT
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British Indian Ocean Territory

UAE

I n d i a n
Comoros Mayotte

O c e a n

ADRAR

HOGGAR

LAKE NASSER

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MAURITANIA
NOUAKCHOTT

S
MALI

A
ADRAR DES IFORAS

TIBESTI

A
Emi Koussi 3,415m
Nile

NUBIAN DESERT

Rodrigues Island Madagascar Runion

Port Sudan

Mauritius

MOUNTAINS

Sngal
Pikine This DAKAR BANJUL
HODH AFOLL

SENEGAL
Ba fin g
Macina Marshes

BODR

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ENNEDI

NIGER

DEPRESSION

ERITREA
ASMARA

THE GAMBIA GUINEABISSAU

Omdurman

CHAD BURKINA FASO

ite Wh lta Vo
NIAMEY

SUDAN

Khartoum North KHARTOUM

BISSAU

BAMAKO OUAGADOUGOU

GUINEA
CONAKRY Bobo Dioulasso

White Nile

LAKE CHAD
N'DJAMENA Kano

Jebel Marra 3,088m

LAKE TANA

Afrera Terara 1,200m 1,568m

Gabuli 690m Erta Ale 613m DJIBOUTI 1,401m Avelu Terara 2,146m
DJIBOUTI

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Blu eN ile

CHOKE MOUNTAINS

Black Volta

CTE DIVOIRE
LIBERIA
Bouak

Jonglei Canal

TOGO

Nig
Ilorin Ogbomosho Ibadan

er

ABUJA

2,447m

OGADEN

Ghazal

ASHANTI

PLATEAU

ACCRA ABIDJAN

LOME

Cotonou

Lagos

Behr el

Kumasi

CAMEROON
Mt Cameroon 4,095m
Douala YAOUNDE

C E N T R A L AF RI CA N RE PU BL IC
BANGUI

S U D D

Omo

PORTONOVO

Abeokuta

G u l f

o f

G u i n e a
Principe
SO TOME & PRINCIPE

Turkwell

MALABO

Uele

LAKE TURKANA

Oubangui

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

LAKE ALBERT

UGANDA
LAKE KYOGA
KAMPALA

MOGADISHU

imi Aruw

Za ir e

Mt Elgon 4,321m

KENYA
Mt Kenya 5,200m
NAIROBI

So Tome

SAO TOME

LIBREVILLE

GABON

(Brazzaville)
Lualaba

CONGO

Kisangani

Mt Karisimbi 4,507m

BRAZZAVILLE Pointe-Noire

Kas
KINSHASA

(Kinshasa) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

ai

CO NG O

LAKE KIVU

RWANDA
KIGALI

LAKE VICTORIA

LAKE NATRON
Serengeti

Loma

BURUNDI
BUJUMBURA

Kilimanjaro 5,895m
Mombasa
MASAI

mi

Cabinda (Ang.)

TANZANIA
Kananga Mbuji-Mayi

STEPPE

LAKE TANGANYIKA

DODOMA Dar es Salaam

Luap u

A t l a n t i c O c e a n

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Kolwezi

C H A I N E

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D E S

LUANDA

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LAKE MALAWI

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MORONI

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BIE PLATEAU

Lumbumbashi Kitwe-Nkana

COMOROS
Mayotte (Fr.)

Huambo

Ndola

ANGOLA ZAMBIA
e Kafu
LUSAKA

MALAWI
Lu a gw an
LILONGWE

Shabele

S O

MONROVIA

GHANA

LAKE VOLTA

Oshogbo

u Ben

3,329m

MENDEBO MOUNTAINS

M A S S I F D E S B O N G O S

ETHIOPIA

L I A
Tsaratanana 2,876m

FREETOWN

SIERRA LEONE

BENIN

NIGERIA

Ch ari Lo gon e
ADDIS ABABA

Blantyre-Limbe

LAKE KARIBA
Victoria Falls

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1,000 km 1,000 miles

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NAMIBIA
MAKGADIKGADI SALT PANS

ANTANANARIVO

Bulawayo

ZIMBABWE

LEGEND
Uninhabited

Persons per square kilometre 0 2 10 39 193

WINDHOEK

B O T S WA N A
KALAHARI

MADAGASCAR

Lim popo

DESERT

GABORONE

0 5 25 Persons per square mile

100

500
Johannesburg Soweto Vereeniging

Population data sourced from The African Conservation Foundation Dormant Volcano Active Volcano Tornados* Major Storms* *Recent event by country City population over 3.5 million City population 2.0 million to 3.5 million City population 1.0 million to 2.0 million City population 0.5 million to 1.0 million City population 0.25 million to 0.5 million Capital city population under 0.25 million Capital cities are marked in upper case text, whilst other cities are in upper and lower case text Cyclone and Tropical Storm Tracks
GREAT KAROO

Kathlehong

PRETORIA Kempton Park Benoni Boksburg MBABANE

MAPUTO

SWAZILAND

Earthquake Risk Area

Orange

l Vaa

Flood Risk Area

Or an ge

Bloemfontein MASERU

SOUTH AFRICA

LESOTHO

Pietermaritzburg Durban Umlazi

CAPE TOWN

Cape of Good Hope

Khayelitsa

Port Elizabeth

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SOURCES

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