Eastern Africa | History, Countries, Map, Geography, Climate, …
WEB6 days ago · Eastern Africa, part of sub-Saharan Africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions: East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; and the Horn of Africa, made up of Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. Eastern Africa consists largely of plateaus and has most of the highest.
East African Countries - WorldAtlas
WEBMay 15, 2021 · East Africa is a subregion of the continent of Africa, according to the United Nations Geoscheme. It consists of 18 countries and 2 dependencies. The subregion stretches from Eritrea in the north to Mozambique in the south. Off the coast of East Africa is the Indian Ocean.
7.5 East Africa – World Regional Geography - Open Textbook …
WEBEast Africa is a region that begins in Tanzania in the south and extends north through the great grasslands and scrub forest of the savannas of Kenya and Uganda and then across the highlands of Ethiopia, including the Great Rift Valley.
East Africa - Wikipedia
WEBThe geography of East Africa is often stunning and scenic. Shaped by global plate tectonic forces that have created the East African Rift, East Africa is the site of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya, the two tallest peaks in Africa.
Eastern Africa - New World Encyclopedia
WEBEast Africa is a land of drastic geographic contrasts, featuring the two tallest peaks on the continent, Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya, and the Great Rift Valley, a deep gorge shaped by tectonic forces.
Africa | History, People, Countries, Regions, Map, & Facts | Britannica
WEB4 days ago · Africa, the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. The continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Horn Of Africa - WorldAtlas
WEBJun 4, 2021 · The peninsula’s northern boundary lies on the Red Sea’s southern coast. The Horn is home to four Eastern Africa countries, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and disputed Somaliland.
About East Africa - Smarthistory
WEBEast Africa is made up Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti (Horn of Africa), Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi (the African Great Lakes region) and the island nations of Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion and Mayotte in the Indian Ocean.
History of East Africa - Wikipedia
WEBEast Africa is the eastern region of Africa, bordered by North Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, the Indian Ocean, and the Sahara Desert. Colonial boundaries are reflected in the modern boundaries between contemporary East African states, cutting across ethnic and cultural lines, often dividing single ethnic groups between two or more ...
5.6 East Africa – Introduction to World Regional Geography
WEBThe average family size in East Africa is about 5.5, typical of Africa’s entire continent, and translates into exploding population growth. In many areas of Africa, East Africa, in particular, most of the population (as much as 80 percent) makes a living off the land in agricultural pursuits.