1. Its waters have provided irrigation for the region for thousands of years.
2. gold, platinum, chromium, colbalt, copper, phosphates, diamonds.
3. Because recently discovered oil deposits will likely enable Angola to surpass as Africa's most oil-rich country. But the Angolan government spent much of the money on fighting a civil war.
4. It stretches around 3,000 miles across the continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and runs 1,200 miles from north to south.
5. The amount of rain fall can very greatly year to year as well as season to season.
6. The abundance of grass.
7. It is home to hundreds of species of birds, And a massive number of plants, leaves, and trees.