African%20Geography

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AfricanGeography
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Can you locate Africa?
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• What are
• some
• geographic
• features of
• the
• continent
• of Africa?

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
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Geographic Features of Africa

• Deserts
• Rainforests
• Savannas
• Plateaus
• Rivers
• Waterfalls
• Valleys
• Mountains

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Africa has deserts

• A desert is a dry often sandy region with little
  rainfall, extreme temperatures, and few plants.

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Africa hasrainforests

• A rainforest is a forest with heavy yearly
  rainfall (over 100 inches per year!).

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Africa hassavannas

• Savannas are rolling grasslands scattered with
  shrubs and a few trees. Savannas can be found
  between tropical rainforests and deserts.

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Africa hasplateaus

• A plateau is an elevated (raised) area of flat
  land.

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Africa hasrivers

• Africa is home to the Nile River, the worlds
  longest river (4,160 miles long!). There are two
  great branches of the Nile the White Nile, from
  East Africa, and the Blue Nile, from Ethiopia.

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Africa haswaterfalls

• A waterfall is water from a stream that falls
  from a steep cliff and continues downstream.

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Africa hasvalleys

• A valley is a long lowland between ranges of
  mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having
  a river or stream running along the bottom.

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Africa hasmountains

• A mountain is a natural elevation of the earth's
  surface having considerable mass, generally steep
  sides, and a height greater than that of a hill.

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Africa has 3 deserts

• Africa is home to three deserts the Sahara,
  the Kalahari, and the Namib together they cover
  more than a quarter (25) of the continent.

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The Sahara Desert

• The Sahara is the largest desert in the world,
  covering part or all of eleven African countries.
  The word Sahara is from the Arabic word for
  desert.

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The Sahara Desert
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The Sahara
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The Kalahari Desert

• The Kalahari is a cold, rocky desert in southern
  Africa.

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The Kalahari Desert
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Kalahari Desert Wildlife
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The Namib Desert

• The Namib, in southwest Africa, is one of the
  hottest, driest places on Earth, with less
  precipitation (rainfall) than even the Sahara.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namib
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The African Rainforests

• Only one fifth of Africa is
• actually rain forests.

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African Savannas

• The animals that live in savannas have adapted to
  a great deal of changes in their food supply
  throughout the year. During the wet season,
  there is plenty of food and water. But during
  the dry season, food and water is hard to find.
  Many savanna animals migrate to deal with this
  problem.

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Ethiopian Plateau

• The Ethiopian Plateau is between 5,000 and 6,000
  ft high. The plateau is cut by many deep valleys.
  The Nile River flows through the center of the
  plateau from its source, Lake Tana, Ethiopia's
  largest lake.

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The Nile River

• The source of the Nile is Lake Victoria. It takes
  3 months for the water to flow from Lake Victoria
  to the Mediterranean Sea!

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Victoria Falls

• The Victoria Falls are almost a mile wide with a
  drop of over 330 feet into the gorge below.

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_falls
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Great Rift Valley
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The Great Rift Valley varies in width from thirty
to one hundred kilometers, and in depth from a
few hundred meters to several thousand meters. It
was named by the explorer John Walter Gregory.
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Mount Kilimanjaro

• Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in
  Africa. It is located in Northeast Tanzania,
  near the Kenya border. Kilimanjaro is an extinct
  volcano and is one of the most massive mountains
  in the world.

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Mount Kilimanjaro

• For the adventurous, a climb of Mount Kilimanjaro
  is a must. Your climb would take you through the
  mists of the jungle to reach the snows and
  breath-taking views from the summit. Anyone up
  for a climb?

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WowAfrica is truly a diverse continent!

• Anyone else ready to explore more about Africa
  and the different civilizations that have lived
  here?

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