Essential Question

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Essential Question

• What are the major geographical features of
  Africa?

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Africas geographical features!
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Sahara

• desert in northern Africa
• largest desert in the world at 3,500,000 square
  miles
• from Arabic word Al-Sahra

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Atlas Mountains

• mountain range in north Africa between the
  Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara desert
• extends from Morocco to Tunisia

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Sahel

• Transitional Land
• the transitional land between desert land and
  savanna
• semi arid land, which is still dry but gets more
  rain than the desert

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Lake Tanganyika

• deepest lake in Africa
• located in central Africa
• divided between Burundi, Congo, Tanzania, and
  Zambia

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Savanna

• tropical or subtropical grassland containing
  scattered trees
• receives enough rain to support drought resistant
  undergrowth but not enough to support forest
  type vegetation

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Niger River

• principal river in western Africa
• runs through Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin and
  Nigeria
• significant water source for the city of Timbuktu

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Congo River

• largest river in western central Africa
• flows through the third largest rain forest in
  the world

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Tropical Rainforest

• a forest that receives more water through
  precipitation than is loses through evaporation
• What are these processes?
• more than 80 inches of rain per year
• 1/5 of Africa is rainforest
• Africa contains 1 of the 3 major rainforests in
  the world.

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Drakensberg Mountains

• highest mountains in southern Africa
• located in the eastern portion of South Africa
  and Lesotho

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Nile River

• Its the worlds longest river at 4,150 miles!!!
• located in eastern Africa
• depended upon for water
• Flows north into the Mediterranean sea!

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Kalahari Desert

• located in south Africa and covers Botswana and
  parts of Namibia and South Africa
• not a true desert because it receives 3-10
  inches of rain per year
• because of the precipitation can sustain some
  animal life

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Lake Victoria

• largest lake in Africa
• 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world
• vital in supporting the millions of people that
  live nearby

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Zambezi River

• southeast African river flowing through Zambia
  and Angola, also along many of the borders of
  many countries
• empties into the Indian Ocean
• contains Victoria Falls

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Victoria Falls

• Its the largest and most unique waterfall in the
  world!

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Mount Kilimanjaro

• Its the tallest free standing volcanic mountain
  in the world!
• It is the highest peak in Africa at 19,340 feet!