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GEO 223 Regional Geography Of West Africa

NCE2 levelSocial Sciences16 topics

GEO 223 covers 16 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Distribution and Characteristics of major elements of the physical
  2. The bedrock structure and Associated Relief Forms as mineral resource
  3. Drainage and climate as water resource base.
  4. Soil and vegetation as crop, forest and livestock resources base.
  5. Description and explanation of the natural and environmental opportunity
  6. The uses and management of this land base resources in relation to the
  7. Types of production and distribution systems.
  8. General economic development strategies of these resources, e.g.
  9. Special types of agriculture - plantation agriculture, animal husbandry,
  10. Population growth, distribution and demographic characteristics.
  11. Population processes (fertility, mortality and migration)
  12. Role of urbanization
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  14. Detailed treatment of features of regional co-operation, e.g. ECOWAS.
  15. Effects of rapid population growth on food production, employment and
  16. Regional development issues, strategies and limitations.

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Distribution and Characteristics of major elements of the physical

This topic focuses on how the major physical elements of West Africa are spread across the region and the main features that distinguish them. For examination purposes, you must understand the pattern and characteristics of relief, drainage, climate, vegetation and soils, because these elements shape settlement, farming, transport and regional differences within West Africa.

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