AFRICA VOCAB Flashcards
(17 cards)
Niger River
A major river in western Africa spanning 2600 miles
Nile River
The world’s longest river that runs northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea
Congo River
A river that runs through central Africa to the Atlantic Ocean
Zambezi River
A river in Central and Southern Africa that goes into the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
An area possessed by the biggest network of sea-based trade on the post classical period prior to the rise of Atlantic based trade.
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Africa’s tallest mountain and the world’s largest free standing mountain located in Tanzania.
Lake Victoria
The world’s second largest freshwater lake, the largest lake in Africa, and the chief reservoir of the Nile river
Kalahari Desert
A large sand covered basin like plain of the interior plateau of Southern Africa mainly in Botswana
Ethiopian Highlands
Mountainous area around Ethiopia
Congo River Basin
Is the world’s second largest river basin of over 1.3 million sq. miles and home of the Congo River
Great Rift Valley
Is one of the significant rifts, or shallow shifting tectonic plates on Earth’s surface with this are stretching from Jordan to Mozambique
Sahara Desert
The largest desert in the world spanning about a total of 3,320,000 sq. miles
Johannesburg
The largest city in South Africa and one of the worlds youngest major cities make a name for itself in industrialization and financial business.
West African Countries
Benin, Burkina, Faso, Cabo, Verde, Chad, Cote d’Ivore, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
East African Countries
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somali, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan. South Sudan, Burundi, Madagascar
Central African Countries
Camroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon
South African Countries
Angelo, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
