Editing Sub-Saharan Africa (section)

==Climate zones and ecoregions==
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[[File:Sub Saharan Africa Climate Map.png|thumb|[[Climate zone]]s of Africa, showing the ecological break between the [[hot desert climate]] of North Africa and the Horn of Africa (red), the [[hot semi-arid climate]] of the Sahel and areas surrounding semi-deserts (orange) and the [[tropical climate]] of Central and West Africa (blue). Southern Africa has a transition to [[subtropical]] or [[temperate climate]]s (green and yellow), and more desert or semi-desert regions, centered on Namibia and Botswana.]]

Sub-Saharan Africa has a wide variety of [[climate zone]]s or [[biome]]s. [[South Africa]] and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] in particular are considered [[megadiverse countries]]. It has a dry winter season and a wet summer season.
* The [[Sahel]] extends across all of Africa at a latitude of about 10° to 15° N. Countries that include parts of the Sahara Desert proper in their northern territories and parts of the Sahel in their southern region include [[Mauritania]], [[Mali]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], and [[Sudan]]. The Sahel has a [[hot semi-arid climate]].
* South of the Sahel, a belt of [[savanna]] (the [[West Sudanian savanna|West]] and [[East Sudanian savanna]]s) stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the [[Ethiopian Highlands]]. The more humid [[Guinean forest–savanna mosaic|Guinean]] and [[Northern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic]] lie between the savannas and the equatorial forests.
* The [[Horn of Africa]] includes [[hot desert climate]] along the coast but a [[hot semi-arid climate]] can be found much more in the interior, contrasting with savanna and [[List of tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregions|moist broadleaf forests]] in the [[Ethiopian Highlands]].
* [[Tropical Africa]] encompasses [[tropical rainforest]] stretching along the southern coast of West Africa and across most of Central Africa (the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]]) west of the [[African Great Lakes]].
* In East Africa, woodlands, savannas, and grasslands are found in the equatorial zone, including the [[Serengeti]] ecosystem in Tanzania and Kenya.
* Distinctive [[Afromontane]] forests, grasslands, and shrublands are found in the high mountains and mountain ranges of eastern Africa, from the Ethiopian Highlands to South Africa.
* South of the equatorial forests, the [[Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic|Western]] and [[Southern Congolian forest–savanna mosaic]] are transition zones between the tropical forests and the [[miombo woodland]] belt that spans the continent from [[Angola]] to [[Mozambique]] and [[Tanzania]].
* The [[Namib]] and [[Kalahari Desert]]s lie in Southern Africa, and are surrounded by semi-deserts including the [[Karoo]] region of South Africa. The [[Bushveld]] grasslands lie to the east of the deserts.
* The [[Cape Floristic Region]] is at Africa's southern tip, and is home to diverse subtropical and temperate forests, woodlands, grasslands, and shrublands.