Southern Africa

This page gives an overview of the whole Southern African region. The maps visualize the potential of different interrelationships throughout the region, such as the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, regional economic development, water supply and others.

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The location of the project countries (colored ones) in the Southern African Region (Prommer)	Southern African macro water basins (Verheust and Johnson, 1998)	Southern African main river system (Verheust and Johnson, 1998)
Estimated percentage of adults (15-49) infected with HIV in 1984 (UNAIDS, 2000)	Estimated percentage of adults (15-49) infected with HIV, and number of deaths and orphans in 1999 (UNAIDS, 2000)	Seroprevalence of HIV-1 for low-risk population in Southern Africa (USBC)
Population density in 1970, gridded (UNEP/GRID)	Population density in 1990, gridded (UNEP/GRID)	Infrastructure (DCW)
General region overview (DCW)	Hydrology (DCW)	Road accessibility (DCW)
Topography (DCW)	Infrastructure quality (paved and unpaved roads in % as piechart) and total population (DCW)
Total population (DCW)	Road kilometer per square kilometer area (DCW)