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because it is a cycle. desert becomes ice, ice becomes grass, grass becomes rainforest, rainforest becomes desert. Africa JUST HAS IT.when plants are fossilised they make oil, that's why there is so much oil in the desert

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Africa may be considered a tropical continent because the equator runs through it. Much of Africa has a tropical climate that includes deserts, rainforests and savannas.

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Mostly, but it also has desert, grassland, woodland, forest, and marine biomes.

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It is near the equator

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because it is near equator

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