regions and countries Flashcards
1
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- NorthwesternAfrica
- Seperates the Mediteranean coastal range from the Sahara.
A
atlas mountain range
2
Q
- Entire width of Northern Africa
- Largest desert in the world
- Few people live here(traders, nomads)
- Sand dunes , rolling rocky hills, camels
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Sahara Desert
3
Q
- South of the Sahara
- Dry semiarid
- Little rain
- Cut trees, overgraze
- Turns to desert
- Desertifaction
- Soil dries and blows away
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Sahel
4
Q
- Middle of continent, close to the equater
- Vass grassland
- Mostly tropical
- Farming good with rain(wet and dry season)
- Lions and elephants
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Savanna
5
Q
- Along central climate
- Hot, humid, climate
- Dense forest
- Many animals/birds
- Problem- cutting trees, disapearing rain forest
- Deforestation
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Tropical Rain Forest
6
Q
- Southern Africa
- Surrounded by semiarid region, becoming drier
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Kalahari Desert
7
Q
- Longest in the world, flows south to north\
- Empties into the Mediterranean Sea
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Nile River
8
Q
- West central through rain forest begins at the L. Tanganyika, ends at the Atlantic ocean
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Congo River
9
Q
- Third largest river in Africa
- Mouth, vast delta, “Oil delta- important to petroleum industry
A
Niger River
10
Q
- One of the largest/deepest freshwater lakes
- Congo river begins here
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Lake Tanganika
11
Q
- Victoria Falls
- One of the largest lakes in the surface are
- Nile river begins here
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Lake Victoria
12
Q
- Located along the eastern coast of Africa bordering the Indian Ocean.
- Colonized by the British
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Kenya
13
Q
- Located just south of Egypt in southeastern Africa
- The Nile river flows through sudan, linking that country to Egypt
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Sudan
14
Q
- Brand new country
A
South Sudan
15
Q
- Located at the southern tip of the African climate
- The Kalahari Desert is to the north of south Africa
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South Africa
