How is the geography of northern Africa different from the geography of southern Africa?

Africa, with the equator cutting across its center, is the world's most tropical continent. Only its northern edge and southern tip are outside the tropics. ... The center of the continent has a wet tropical climate, with extremely heavy rainfall. To the north and south are belts of tropical climate with a dry season.

Explanation:

The Republic of South Africa is a single country that was formerly under British rule, was effectively ruled by descendants of white settlers for close on a century and is now ruled by people of Negroid descent. The first white settlement was established in 1652, but it was only in the nineteenth century that large numbers of whites settled in what is now South Africa. Before the advent of the white man, the indigenous people of South Africa had no tradition of reading or writing nor did they use the wheel. Christianity is the dominant religion in South Africa, having been introduced by the white settlers or white missionaries.

In contrast, North Africa is a number of different countries - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. All were part of the Roman Empire and all were conquered by the Moslem forces during the seventh century with the result that Islam is the dominant religion. The North Africa countries became part of the Ottoman Empire during the second decade of the sixteenth century. During the nineteenth century France colonised Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, Italy colonised Libya in 1911 and in 1914 Britain established a protectorate over Egypt. By 1961 all of the North African countries had achieved independence and are ruled by the indigenous Arab people.

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