Physical Features of Africa

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Physical Features of Africa
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Landforms

• Sahara
• Sahel
• Savanna
• Tropical Rainforest
• Atlas Mountains
• Kalahari Desert

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Sahara

• The worlds largest hot desert
• Covers most of North Africa- from the Red Sea to
  the Atlantic Ocean

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Sahel

• South of the Sahara and north of the Equator
• Separates the Sahara from the tropical rainforest

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Savanna

• Rolling grasslands and scattered trees and shrubs
• There are 4.5 million square miles of savannas

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Tropical Rainforest

• Found in central Africa
• Africa is home to the second largest rainforest
  in the world

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Atlas Mountains

• Found in Northern Africa between the
  Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara

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Kalahari Desert

• Large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern
  Africa
• Dunes as larges as 200 feet high and 50 miles
  long can be found here

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Waterforms

• Congo River
• Nile River
• Niger River
• Lake Tanganyika
• Lake Victoria

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Congo River

• Flows throughout west central Africa
• Second longest river in Africa and fifth longest
  river in the world
• Crosses the rainforest twice and surrounded by
  rain forest

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Nile River

• The worlds longest river (4150 miles)
• Flows northward from the mountains in central
  Africa through eastern Africa into the
  Mediterranean Sea

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Niger River

• Principal river in western Africa
• Flows into the Atlantic Ocean
• Five nations depend on it for their water

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Lake Tanganyika

• Longest lake as well as the second-deepest lake
  in the world
• Lies in central Africa

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Lake Victoria

• Headwaters reservoir for the Nile
• Largest lake in Africa
• Second largest freshwater lake in the world
• A shallow lake