EXPLORING

AFRICA

Natural Resourc

es&

Wild Life

Rich Resourc

es

Increase in

Economy

Developing

Country

Natural Resources

Africa has a large quantity of 

Natural ResourcesDiamon

ds

Cobalt

Copper Cocoa Beans

Tropical Fruits

Gold

Iron

Oil

60% of the World's Diamond is produced here

Diamonds

40% of all the Gold ever mined comes from South Africa

GoldThe World's deepest Gold mine that is 4

km below the surface is

Tau Tona Mine

Zambia is the second largest

cobalt producing nation

CobaltIn Africa

cobalt comes from the

Democratic Republic of

Congo

South Africa is

the China’s

third biggest iron ore supplier

Iron

Copper

Palabora

Copper Mine

It is one of the largest

and the deepest

open cast mines in the world

70% of the

world’s Cocoa comes from West Africa

Cocoa Beans

•Nigeria•Algeria•Angola•Libya

Oil

The largest oil producers in Africa are :

Nigeria Africa’s biggest oil producer

Algeria comes second in Africa

Angola Third top producer in Africa

Libya Produces about 1.7 million barrels every day

Other Natural Resources of AFRICA

UraniumBauxite

Tropical FruitsAfrica’s Real Diamonds

Ghana and Ivory Coast are largest exporters of pineapples

Pineapple

Citrus Fruits

South Africa make up to $600 million every year from fresh citrus fruits

Wild Lifeof

Africa

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) aims on maintaining and preserving the wildlife of Africa.

Wildlife of Africa plays an important role in its development.

Africa’s Most Dangerous Animals

Elephant

Lion

Black Mamba

Nile Crocodile

Cape Buffalo

Hippopotamus

White Shark

Leopard

Cape Buffalo are known to kill lions

African Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth

Lions are the second largest cat in the world

Leopard can run at speeds of over 35 mph, and are extremely agile

jumpers.

Hippopotamus second heaviest land mammal in the world

Black Mamba is deadliest, fastest land

snake in the world

Nile Crocodile is second largest extant reptile in the world

White Shark world's largest predatory shark/fish growing up to 6.1

meters

Famous FORESTS

of Africa

Hawaan Forest

NEWLANDS Forest

DHLINZA Forest

WEZA Forest

Natural Resources and

Wildlife of

AFRICA plays a major role

in developing the economic condition and in maintaining the

sustainability in the environmentof the country.

Thank You

Created ByKareena Chhabra

XI B Jahanvi Taneja

XI ASadhu Vaswani International School

For Girls