Geography+of+Zambia

__Geography of Zambia__ __ Climate and Weather __ Usually, Zambia has quite pleasant weather due to its altitude. October is normally the hottest month of the year. The rainy season usually starts mid-November, with heavy storms and lots of rain lasting well into April. May to mid August are the countries cool months, after this time period though, the temperature tends to rise rapidly. September tends to be extremely dry. There have been some major draughts in this country, many of which have caused hundreds of thousands of people to suffer.

All these things about Zambia affect it today, because due to the heavy rain and then the constant dry weather is hard to deal with. The rainy season gives the constant danger of flooding. It can wash out bridges leaving some villages totally isolated. The dry season makes it hardto grow plants in their gardens, since most families tend to live off of subsistence farming. The draughts cause death, lack of food, etc.