regions and contries Flashcards

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Northwest region of Africa

seperate Mediteranean coast from Sahara desert

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Atlas mountain range

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the entrie width of northern Africa

largest desert inthe world

few people live here besides trader and nomads

the surface has rocky hills and the mane animal is the Camel

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Sahara desert

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south of the Sahara

dry seimy arid region with little rain

people cut down trees and over graze there animals

this causes deseritition which makes the land become a desert

the soil drys and blows away

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Sahel

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along central coast

hot and humid

very dence with life

many animals and birds

trees are being cut down

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Tropical Rain Forest

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middle of Africa near the equator

vast grassland withtropical climate

farming good with rain

animals are LIons and Elephants

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Savanna

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southern Africa

surrounded by semiarad areas becoming dryer

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Kalahari desert

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longest river in the world flows south to nourth into Meditrean

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Nile river

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west through central rain forest begins at lake Tanganyaka

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Congo river

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3rd largest river

mouth in to dalta

rich in oil called dalta

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Niger river

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Lake Victory

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