KAWA MULTIMEDIA PUBLICATIONS
GEOGRAPHY OF THE REST OF AFRICA
Preface
CHAPTER ONE:AFRICA: SIZE, SHAPES, AND POSITION
CHAPTER TWO:LANDFORMS IN AFRICA
CHAPTER THREE:DRAINAGE IN AFRICA
CHAPTER FOUR:THE COASTAL LANDS
CHAPTER FIVE:DESERT LANDFORMS IN AFRICA
CHAPTER SIX:SOILS IN AFRICA.
Introduction
Soil composition
The formation of soil
Classification of soils
Zonal soils
Intrazonal soils
Azonal soils
The characteristics of the four different soil types in Africa
Desert soils
Soil erosion
Soil profile
Structure of soil profile
Soil catena
Factors responsible for the development of soil profile
CHAPTER SEVEN:CLIMATE IN AFRICA
CHAPTER EIGHT:NATURAL VEGETATION IN AFRICA
CHAPTER NINE:FORESTRY IN AFRICA
CHAPTER TEN:AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA
CHAPTER ELEVEN:LARGE SCALE AGRICULTURE(PLANTATION FARMING)
CHAPTER TWELVE: NOMADIC PASTROLISM
CHAPTER THIRTEEN:IRRIGATION FARMING IN AFRICA
CHAPTER FOURTEEN:MULTI-PURPOSE DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES
CHAPTER FIFTEEN:MINING IN AFRICA
CHAPTER SIXTEEN:INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:URBANISATION IN AFRICA
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:POPULATION IN AFRICA
CHAPTER NINENTEEN:FISHING IN AFRICA
CHAPTER TWENTY :TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Zonal soils
These are soils which are fully well- developed in profile and have taken many years to form e.g. latosols (laterites) of the Nyika plateau and Buganda region.
« Previous
|
Next »