regions and contries Flashcards
Northwest region of Africa
seperate Mediteranean coast from Sahara desert
Atlas mountain range
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
Sahara desert
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
Sahel
along central coast
hot and humid
very dence with life
many animals and birds
trees are being cut down
Tropical Rain Forest
middle of Africa near the equator
vast grassland withtropical climate
farming good with rain
animals are LIons and Elephants
Savanna
southern Africa
surrounded by semiarad areas becoming dryer
Kalahari desert
longest river in the world flows south to nourth into Meditrean
Nile river
west through central rain forest begins at lake Tanganyaka
Congo river
3rd largest river
mouth in to dalta
rich in oil called dalta
Niger river
Lake Victory