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Geography africa Flashcards

1
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Africa Latitude ——

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N 37degrees
S 35 degrees

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Africa longitude |

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E 51 degrees (50)
W 17 degrees (20)

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Africa surrounding oceans and sea

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Mediterranean sea

North Atlantic ocean. Red sea

                                             Arabian sea

South Atlantic Ocean. Indian ocean

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4
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Africa’s greatest missionary, explorer

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David Livingstone ( 19th century)

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5
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Second largest continent by size

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Africa

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6
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Africa size

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30, 370,000 sq km

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Open grassy plain (found mainly in Southern africa)

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Veld (derived from field)

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Africa’s longest glacier

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Credner Glacier near Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

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9
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Continent with the most diversity in languages

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Africa (2000 plus languages)

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10
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World’s biggest hot desert

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Sahara desert (9,200,000 sq km)

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Top 5 biggest desserts (1)

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Antarctica desert (Polar ice and Tundra)
( 14,200,000 sq km)

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12
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Top 5 biggest deserts (2)

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Arctic desert (Polar ice and tundra)
(13,900,000 sq km)

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Top 5 biggest deserts (3)

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Saharan desert (subtropical)
(9,200,000 sq km)

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Top 5 biggest deserts (4)

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Arabian desert (subtropical)
(2,330,000 sq km)

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Top 5 biggest deserts (5)

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Great Australian desert (subtropical)
(1,371,000 sq km)

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16
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Tallest mountain in africa

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Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,895m)

(Largest free-standing mountain rise in the world i.e. not part of a mountain range)

(Also a dormant volcano in Tanzania)

17
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Biggest country in Africa

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Algeria

18
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Smallest country in Africa

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The Republic of Seychelles

19
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Number of countries in Africa

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54

20
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World’s longest river

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Nile (6,650 km long)

21
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Source and ending point of Nile

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Source: Lake Victoria
Ending point (mouth): Mediterranean Sea

22
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Primary rivers in Africa

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Nile river
Congo river
Niger river
Zambezi river
Limpopo river

23
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Africa is also known as the____

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Dark continent (due to obstacles encountered while exploring it and how much of it was unknown to then colonizers)

24
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Africa’s largest lake by area

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Lake Victoria (59,947 sq km)

25
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Lake victoria

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-Africa’s largest lake by area
-World’s largest tropical lake
-Second largest freshwater lake by surface area after Lake Superior

26
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Longest mountain range in Africa

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Atlas Mountains (1600 km) from western Sahara to Tunisia and passes through Morocco

27
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Most of Africa’s rainforest found in

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Congo river basin on the Atlantic ocean side of the continent

28
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Lowest point in Africa

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Lake Assal (Djibouti)

29
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Main cities of Africa

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Cairo, Egypt
Cape Town, South Africa
Casablanca, Morocco
Alexandria, Egypt
Nairobi, Kenya

30
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Continent nearly divided equally in half by the equator

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Africa

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