regions and countries Flashcards
1
Q
a group of mountains that seperate the coastal region from the sahahra
in the northwest are of Africa
- meditterranean coastal region
A
Atlas Mountain Range
2
Q
- along the central coast
- very humid / dense forest
- many animals /birds
- problem- cutting down trees ; deforestation
A
Tropical Rainforest
3
Q
- runs across the entire width of northern Africa
- largest desert in the world
- covered with sand dunes . rolling rocky hills , and gravel
- few people live here traders/nomads
- cutting down trees
A
Sahara Desert
4
Q
- little rain
- a dry and semi-areid region
- south of the Sahara
- problem-people cutting down trees, overgrazing-which turns into desert/desertification
- soil drys and blows away which turns into sand
A
Sahel
5
Q
- close to the equator
- vast grasssland/but more tropical
- farming good when rain comes/bad when dry seasons occur
- lions and elephants are found here
- middle of the continent
A
Savanna
6
Q
- southern Africa
- surrounded by semi-arid areas which are now becoming drier
- Desertification happens here
A
Kalahari Desert
7
Q
- longest river in the world
- it flows south to north
- it empties into the meditteranean
A
Nile river
8
Q
- begins in lake Tanganyka; ends in the Atlantic ocean
- west central through the rain forest
A
Congo River
9
Q
- victoria falls
- one of the largest lakes in surface area
A
Lake Victoria-
10
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