Africa South Of The Sahara Flashcards
-regions’ oldest republic
Liberia
-Africa’s most populous country w/ over 107 million people
Nigeria
-one of the most crowded countries w/ a population density of 808 per square mile
Rwanda
Region has _ as many people as the U.S.
Twice
-largest producer of gold and gem diamonds in the world
South Africa
-major producer of cotton, Largest country of Africa
Sudan
____ included almost 50 countries or about 1/3 of all the countries on Earth
Region
-steep cliffs or slopes that seperate plateaus
Escarpments
Region is about _ million square miles
9
Mikes of huge __ __ and __
Plateaus
Mountains
Valleys
-waterfalls
Cataracts
Where are the steepest escarpments?
In the south and east
Africa has the ____ elevation of any continent.
highest
Where are most mountains found?
in the eastern part of the region. (Eastern highlands.)
-rim the southeastern plateau in South Africa
Drakes erg Mountains
-border Uganda & Zaire (DRC) called Mountains of the Moon
Ruwenzori Mountains
-Africa’s highest mtn. 19,340 feet in northeast
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Where is Mt. Kilimanjaro located?
By Tanzania near the border
-stretches from the Jordan River to the Zambezi River
Great Rift Valley
-3,500 miles long and more than a mile deep
Great Rift Valley
-where a gigantic volcano erupted and collapsed on itself. Tanzania
Ngorongoro Crater
What are the three major lakes in the region?
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Malawi
-2nd largest fresh-water lake in the world; source of the Nile River
Lake Victoria
-world’s longest freshwater lake; 420 miles in length
Lake Tanganyika
