Geography of West Africa

• Bordering oceans


  Atlantic & Indian
• Desert


  dry region with few plants
• Desert scrub


  small trees, bushes, and other plants adapted to a dry climate
• Broadleaf evergreen forest


  tall trees with leaves that remain green all year
• Tropical grassland (savanna)


  grasses and scattered trees adapted to a tropical wet and dry climate
• Farming communities in Sahel (south of Sahara) developed in the


  tropical grasslands
• Senegal & Niger river


  • fertile land
  • fish
  • trade routes