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Geography – note: the province of Cabinda is an exclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo Extreme points [ edit ]
The location of Angola An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Angola. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Angola: . Angola – country in southern Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city.
Angola, [a] officially the Republic of Angola, [b] is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone ( Portuguese-speaking ) country in both total area and population and is the seventh-largest country in Africa .
The following is a list of ecoregions in Angola, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). Terrestrial ecoregions. by major habitat type.
Angola geography stubs (570 P) Pages in category "Geography of Angola" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Tundavala Gap (Portuguese: Fenda da Tundavala) is a canyon on the escarpment of the Serra da Leba near Lubango, Huíla Province, Angola.The escarpment marks the western limit of the Humpata Plateau, part of the Great Escarpment of Southern Africa, and creates a natural boundary between Huíla Province and Namibe Province.
The geology of Angola includes large areas of Precambrian age rocks. The west of the country is characterized by meta-sedimentary rocks of Proterozoic age including tillites assigned to the Bembe System. Overlying these are a thick pile of limestones and other marine sediments laid down during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras.
Tigres became an island overnight, Tigres Island, the largest island of Angola. [5] Currently, most of the area of the former bay has become a strait between the island and the mainland. Of the original bay, only a small inlet open to the north —the Saco dos Tigres— remains at the southern end. [6]