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Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa pp 1049–1112Cite as

Patterns of man — land relations

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Southern Africa, consisting of approximately six million square kilometres, is a region of considerable size. It is roughly two-thirds the size of either the United States or Brazil, or nearly six times the area of France. Although southern Africa contains approximately 60 million people, it is not one of the more densely populated regions of the world. The overall population density of about 10 per square kilometer reflects the relative emptiness of some of its parts, notably the Namib, southeastern Angola and the Kalahari (see Fig. 2).

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Puzo, B. (1978). Patterns of man — land relations. In: Werger, M.J.A. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 31. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9951-0_32

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