The more humid regions have a richer vegetation ; dense forest where the rainfall is greatest and variations of temperature least, conditions found chiefly on the tropical coasts, and in the west African equatorial basin with its extension towards the upper Nile ; and savanna interspersed with trees on the greater part of the plateaus, passing as the desert regions are approached into a scrub vegetation consisting of thorny acacias, etc.

The South African plateau, as far as about 12 ° S, is bounded east, west and south by bands of high ground which fall steeply to the coasts.

This block of country lies just west of the line of the great East African Trough, the northern continuation of which passes along its eastern escarpment as it runs up to join the Red Sea.

Bongos are found in dense tropical jungles with dense undergrowth up to an altitude of 4, 000 meters ( 12, 800 ft ) in Central Africa, with isolated populations in Kenya, and the following west African countries: -

A " diddley bow " is a typically homemade American string instrument of African origin, probably developed from instruments found on the coast of west Africa.

It borders Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west.

Chad's neighbors include Libya to the north, Niger and Nigeria to the west, Sudan to the east, Central African Republic to the south, and Cameroon to the southwest.

This is a list of the extreme points of the Central African Republic, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.

* Westernmost point-unnamed location on the border with Cameroon west of the town of Koundé in Central African Republic near Cameroon's Lokoti to Garoua Boulai road, Nana Mambéré province

When construction of roads and bridges in Liberia and Sierra Leone is complete, the highway will link to another seven Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) nations to the west and north-west.

* Northern-most point-unnamed location on the border with the Central African Republic in the Bomu river immediately west of the town of Mbaga in CAR, Orientale Province

The Kingdom of Dahomey was a powerful west African state that was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until 1894.

Eventually the highway will connect to another seven Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) nations to the west.

In this sense, Libya was the whole known African continent to the west of the Nile Valley and extended south of Egypt.

At his death, the Benin Empire extended to Dahomey in the west, to the Niger Delta in the east, along the west African coast, and to the Yoruba towns in the north.

* Easternmost point-unnamed location on the border with South Africa immediately west of the South African mountain Giant's Castle, Mokhotlong District

When construction in Liberia and Sierra Leone is finished, the highway will continue seven other Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) nations further west.

Situated on the Equator, it is bordered by the Angola exclave of Cabinda to the south ( 201 km ), the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south and east ( 2, 410 km ), the Central African Republic ( 467 km ) and Cameroon ( 523 km ) to the north and Gabon to the west ( 1, 903 km ).

Several west European and African nations, Canada, People's Republic of China, Egypt, Libya, Russia, the Holy See, and the European Union maintain diplomatic missions in Kigali.

Senegal is a coastal West African nation located 14 degrees north of the Equator and 14 degrees west of the Prime Meridian.

It is responsible for securing Senegal's Atlantic coastline which is strategically located on the extreme west of the African continent.

It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest.

The Trans – West African Coastal Highway crosses Togo, connecting it to Benin and Nigeria to the east, and Ghana and Côte d ' Ivoire to the west.

When construction in Liberia and Sierra Leone is finished, the highway will continue west to seven other Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) nations.

The largest species are red alder ( A. rubra ) on the west coast of North America, and black alder ( A. glutinosa ), native to most of Europe and widely introduced elsewhere, both reaching over 30 m. By contrast, the widespread Alnus viridis ( green alder ) is rarely more than a 5 m tall shrub.

The various Antarctic species may have either used the same route, or traveled down the west coast of Africa.

However, studies of ancient DNA have revealed that in prehuman times it was far more widespread up the west coast of the South Island and was present in the lower half of the North Island where it was the only kiwi species detected.

* The Southern Brown Kiwi, Apteryx australis, relatively common species of kiwi known from south and west parts of the South Island that occurs at most elevations.

The species ' westernmost limit is in Rara National Park located farther west of the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve.

To the north and west are the Great Lakes of respectively Lake Victoria ( Africa's largest lake ) and Lake Tanganyika ( the continent's deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish ) – and to the southwest lies Lake Nyasa.

The sheltered location of the city, facing south with hills to the north, mountains to the east and mountainous islands to the west, contributes to Molde's climate and unusually rich plant life, especially among species naturally growing on far lower latitudes, like maple, chestnut, oak, tilia ( lime or linden ), beech, yew, and others.

There are also 11 species of fish on the west side of the Cascades.

The early view that " black " and " white " mantas were different species was also discounted through a study of mitochondrial DNA in 2001, which however did reveal some general geographic patterns: Based on limited sampling, west Pacific mantas formed one clade, east Pacific and some Caribbean mantas formed a second clade, and finally the remaining Caribbean mantas formed a third clade.

The species grows as far east as Zapata County, Texas, along the Rio Grande River southeast of Laredo near the 99th meridian west.

All around the coast, the harvesting of fish ( including cod, herring, halibut, and other cold water species ) was an important supplement to farming and was in many areas in the north and west the primary household subsistence.

Bromeliaceae ( the bromeliads ) is a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3, 170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana.

In some areas a lack of knowledge means that the true status of a species is unknown ; the Negros Fruit Dove has not been seen since 1953 and may or may not be extinct, and the Polynesian Ground Dove is classified as critically endangered as it is unknown whether it survives or not on remote islands in the far west of the Pacific Ocean.

Ulmus americana, generally known as the American elm or, less commonly, as the white elm or water elm, is a species native to eastern North America, occurring from Nova Scotia west to Alberta and Montana, and south to Florida and central Texas.

Fraxinus americana ( White Ash or American Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native to eastern North America found in mesophytic hardwood forests from Nova Scotia west to Minnesota, south to northern Florida, and southwest to eastern Texas.

The other three are invertebrate species found only in Williamson county and which live in the cave-like fissures on the west side of the county.

It is a species of Eruca native to the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal in the west to Lebanon and Turkey in the east.

Kharkhasa is located west of Quetta in a long narrow valley that contains a variety of flora and fauna species.

Marine investigations in the area have also identified new species of anemone, rediscovered the fan mussel ( the UK's largest and rarest bivalve mollusc-thought to be found only in Plymouth Sound and a few sites off the west of Scotland ) and a number of shipwreck sites, including HMS Drake ( 1901 ), which was torpedoed and sank just off the island in 1917.

It protects the largest remnant forest and woodland in the central west region of the state, where interior and coastal NSW flora and fauna species overlap.

Red soils of the park's west and south-west support rainforest that includes eucalypt species as well as palms, vines and ferns.

CR 557 splits from Route 50 by heading northwest on Buena Tuckahoe Road and Route 50 heads through some agricultural clearings concurrent with CR 557 Truck, passing to the west of the MacNamara Wildlife Area, which is known as a breeding ground for several species of birds.

To the west of Cotati are wetland habitat for Sebastopol meadowfoam, Pitkin Marsh lily, Showy Indian clover and several other endangered species.