SOUTHERN AFRICA
Southern Africa occupies the southernmost portion of the continent, where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet at the Cape of Good Hope. The region spans a wide range of ecosystems, from the Namib and Kalahari deserts in the west to subtropical coastline in the east, and contains some of Africa’s most economically developed and most visited countries.
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