WORLD: DISTRIBUTION AND DENSITY OF POPULATION
Region of low density
(less than 50 persons / km²)
·
Hot deserts: Sahara, Kalahari (Africa), Atacama
(South America) Iranian (Asia) and Great Australian desert etc.
·
Cold desert: Tundra lands of North America and
Eurasia, ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland, Arctic and sub –arctic cold
deserts.
·
Hot-wet regions: Equatorial forest of Amazon,
Congo and some islands of Indonesia.
·
High mountains and dissected plateau.
Regions of moderate
density (50-70 persons/ km²)
·
Coastal lowlands of mid latitude of South
America and South Africa.
·
Central and Eastern Europe. Russia (European
part)
·
River valleys of South – east Asia
·
South eastern Australia.
Regions of high
density (<100 persons / km²)
