Advanced Geography . terly windsreach those parts of the continent. See mapson pages 22 and 23. The summers are dry. Because of this arrangement of winds andrains, Africa has a wide forest belt across itsequatorial region, where the rains are frequentand heavy. On both sides of this belt, theforests merge into open grassy plains, wherethe rains are lighter, — falling when the equa-torial rain belt moves over them. Beyond thesegrassy plains lie desert regions, — the Saharain the north and the Kalahari in the south. Near the equator the summer heat is not so strong as it is in the deserts. In th
Advanced Geography . terly windsreach those parts of the continent. See mapson pages 22 and 23. The summers are dry. Because of this arrangement of winds andrains, Africa has a wide forest belt across itsequatorial region, where the rains are frequentand heavy. On both sides of this belt, theforests merge into open grassy plains, wherethe rains are lighter, — falling when the equa-torial rain belt moves over them. Beyond thesegrassy plains lie desert regions, — the Saharain the north and the Kalahari in the south. Near the equator the summer heat is not so strong as it is in the deserts. In the middle belt of the continent, clouds shut out much of the sunshine, and dense forests shelter thu ground when the sun shines from a cloudless sky. In this belt, the land and the air are also cooled by frequent rains. Intense summer heat is felt in the Sahara and Kalahari deserts,but especially in the former, although it is so far from the are neither trees nor grasses to shield the surface. During. Woman of Morocco. 88 A ^
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