Volume 1

French West Africa.

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division
Date:
1943-1944
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: French West Africa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND GEOLOGY INTRODUCTION (Figs. 5 and 6) : ee greater part of the African continent consists of moderately elevated tablelands, and an unusually small proportion of its surface is occupied by very high and very low ground. 16 W. 8 0 8 IGE. HOMBORI CoOMTS: {FOUTA SIKASSO JALON HLDS: <@ ATAKORA HLDS: GUINEA = HIGHLANDS - 8 Fic. 5. Important Relef Features To this generalization West Africa is no exception. Although it lies lower than the plains of East and South Africa, approximately half of its area is a tableland between 500 and 1,000 feet above sea- level. On it, however, certain features deserve mention. In the east the Bauchi plateau, and in the south-west Fouta Jalon and the Guinea Highlands,! are outstanding, and rise, here and there, above 4,000 feet. In the north-east are Adrar des Ifoghas and the Air mountains 1 This name is used throughout this and later chapters to denote the high country backing Sierra Leone and Liberia. It is often called the massif Léonais- Libérien by French writers.
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