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AFRICA Flashcards

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What is the worlds largest desert called?

A

Sahara Desert

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How big is the Sahara Desert

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Nearly all of North Africa or 1/3 of the Africa continent

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Describe Sahara Desert?

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Extremely hot and dry with rocks and sand

Very few people Lots of oil and gas

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The discovery of ______________ has brought a large source of income and wealth to countries like Libya

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Oil and Gas

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Name 3 desert in the Africa continent

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Sahara Desert Kalahari Desert Namib Desert

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The mighty Congo River flows through __________ kind of landscape

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dense, lush rain forest

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What is the best known landscape where we find huge amounts of wild life, eg lions, zebra and Elephants

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The Savannah Plains

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What mineral resources do we find in the Sub Sahara Africa regions?

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Gold Diamonds Oil

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Plantations producing _______, _________ and _______ are found in Sub Sahara Africa

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Tea, Coffee and Cacoa

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What problems hampers the development in other areas of the Africa continent?

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Poverty Drought Famine Civil Unrest

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Discuss the Sahara Desert

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SAHARA DESERT:

  • Largest Desert in World
  • Stretch over North Africa
  • 2/3 of Africa Continent
  • It used to have a moist climate
  • But the dry winds blowing out the desert blocks the moist winds from the ocean and keeps desert dry.
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Discuss the CONGO RIVER BASIN

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CONGO RIVER BASIN:

  • Starts in mountains of East Africa
  • Ends in Atlantic area
  • Supplies Central Africa of water
  • Creates large wet basin for the worlds 2nd large Tropical Rainforest is
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Discuss the GREAT RIFT VALLEY

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GREAT RIFT VALLEY:

Formed million yrs ago

by pulling 2 plates apart in the earths crust

7000 km long

From: Siria - Mozambique

Has beautiful lakes and valleys

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Discuss the Nile

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THE NILE:

  • 6695 KM long
  • White Nile and Blue nile combines
  • Worlds longest river
  • When it floads it delivers vital furtile silt on floadplain
  • Aswan dam in Egypt keeps back silt, decreasing farmland
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