A report on East Africa
Eastern subregion of the African continent.
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Indian Ocean
5 linksThird-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70560000 km2 or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface.
Third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70560000 km2 or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface.
From 1405 to 1433 admiral Zheng He said to have led large fleets of the Ming Dynasty on several treasure voyages through the Indian Ocean, ultimately reaching the coastal countries of East Africa.
Mogadishu
1 linksCapital and most populous city of Somalia.
Capital and most populous city of Somalia.
Mogadishu enjoyed the height of its prosperity during the 14th and 15th centuries and was during the early modern period considered the wealthiest city on the East African coast, as well as the center of a thriving textile industry.
Ras Hafun
1 linksPromontory in the northeastern Migiurtinia region of Somalia.
Promontory in the northeastern Migiurtinia region of Somalia.
Jutting out into the Guardafui Channel, it constitutes the easternmost point in Africa.
Olorgesailie
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Olorgesailie is a geological formation in East Africa, on the floor of the Eastern Rift Valley in southern Kenya, 67 km southwest of Nairobi along the road to Lake Magadi.
Olduvai Gorge
1 linksOne of the most important paleoanthropological localities in the world; the many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution.
One of the most important paleoanthropological localities in the world; the many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution.
A steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches across East Africa, it is about 48 km long, and is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the Olbalbal ward located in Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region, about 45 km from Laetoli, another important archaeological locality of early human occupation.
Panthera leo melanochaita
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Panthera leo melanochaita is a lion subspecies in Southern and East Africa.
Buganda
1 linksBantu kingdom within Uganda.
Bantu kingdom within Uganda.
Unified in the 13th century (1300AD) under the first king Kato Kintu, the founder of Buganda's Kintu Dynasty, Buganda grew to become one of the largest and most powerful states in East Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Tanganyika Territory
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Tanganyika was a colonial territory in East Africa which was administered by the United Kingdom in various guises from 1916 to 1961.
East African campaign (World War II)
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The East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, between June 1940 and November 1941.
El Niño
1 linksWarm phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific (approximately between the International Date Line and 120°W), including the area off the Pacific coast of South America.
Warm phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific (approximately between the International Date Line and 120°W), including the area off the Pacific coast of South America.
In Africa, East Africa—including Kenya, Tanzania, and the White Nile basin—experiences, in the long rains from March to May, wetter-than-normal conditions.