is is a map of the world. The land is green and brown, and the oceans are blue. Big pieces of land are called continents. The United States is on a continent called North America. North America has a purple line around it on the map. Africa is another continent. Africa has a red line around it on the map. A continent is a very big place. Meerkats live in only certain parts of Africa.

ere is a map of Africa. Meerkats live in the part of Africa that has the red line around it. The red line is not around all of Africa, but it is still around a very big area. It can take people many days to find meerkats. Why do you think meerkats only live in part of Africa? One reason is the weather. Africa has places with lots of different kinds of weather. The colors on the map show what kind of weather different parts of Africa have. Where the map is green, it means that there is lots of rain. The rain lets many plants and trees grow in these places. Where the map is brown, it means that there is not as much rain.Because there is less rain, there are not many plants growing there. What is the weather like inside the red line, where the meerkats live?

e places where meerkats live are called savannah. Here is a picture of the savannah. This hot, dry weather is what meerkats need.

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