Reigions and Countries Flashcards
1
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- North Western Africa
- separates Mediteranean region from the Sahara
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Atlas Mountain Range
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3
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- entire width of northern Africa
- largest desert in the world
- few people live there (nomads)
- sand dunes, rolling rocky hills
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Sahara Desert
4
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- south of the Sahara
- dry simi arid
- very little rain
- people cut trees and over graze (desertification)
- plants dissappear, soil dries
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Sahel
5
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- middle of the continient and close to the equator
- vast grassland
- more tropical
- farming good with rain (wet dry)
- animlas
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Savanna
6
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- along the central coast
- hot, humid
- dense forest
- many animals
- danger:population growth, cutting trees
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Tropical Rainforest
7
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- southern Africa
- simi arid (surrounded) and becoming drier
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Kalahari Desert
8
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- longest in the world
- flows north to south
- emties into the Mediterranean
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Nile River
9
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- west central through rainforest
- begins L. Tanganyika and ends at the Atlantic
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Congo River
10
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- 3rd largest in Africa
- mouth, vast delta, oil delta- important to oil industry
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Nigir River
11
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- largest depth in the world
- Congo River starts here
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Lake Tangangiko
12
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- one of the largest lakes in the world\
- Victoria Falls
- Nile begins here
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Lake Victoria
13
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- it is located on the eastern coast of Africa and bordering the Indian Ocean
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Kenya
14
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- it is located south of Egypt in southeastern Africa
- the Nile flows through
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Sudan
15
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- it is located at the southern tip of the continent
- vast grasslands
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South Africa
