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South Africa From Above - Physical Map Flashcards

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1
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What are ‘Physical features’?

A

Things in the natural environment such as rivers and mountains

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What is a ‘Plateau’?

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High, flat inland parts of the country

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What is the ‘Coast’?

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Where the land and sea meet

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What is a ‘Coastal plain’?

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Low lying land that is near to the sea

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What is a ‘Escarpment’?

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A steep mountainous slope that divides a plateau and a lower area

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What does a physical map show?

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Rivers, lakes, waterfalls, the height of the land above sea level, mountains and deserts

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What a peak?

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The highest point of a mountain

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What symbol represents a peak on a map?

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shaded triangle

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Describe a desert

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Sandy, dry and very hot during the day

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Which is the biggest desert in the world?

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Sahara Desert

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Which desert has the highest sand dunes in the world?

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Namib Desert

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How rivers flow?

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From higher to lower land

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Where do most rivers end?

Where do other rivers end?

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Sea

Low areas of land, forming swamps

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Which is the longest river on Earth?

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Nile (6670 km = 5 x JHB to Cape Town)

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What is a lake?

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A large area of fresh water with land all around it

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Which are the three largest lakes in Africa? Where are they?

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Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and Lake Malawi.

Low are in eastern Africa (Tanzania, Tanzania, Malawi)

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What is a waterfall?

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A river or stream falling from a high place to a low place

18
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Name three famous waterfalls in Africa.

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Victoria Falls (Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe)
Maletsunyane Falls (Lesotho - Mum and Dad abseiled down these)
Augrabies Falls (Orange River in SA)
19
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What is the difference between a political and physical map?

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A political map shows countries and their borders.

A physical map shows features of the land.

20
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What is the tallest mountain peak in Africa?

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Mount Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania)

21
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Which is the largest lake in Africa?

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Lake Victoria

22
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What is the largest mountain range in Africa?

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Atlas Mountains (North Africa - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia)

23
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What is the largest river in South Africa?

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The Gariep Orange

24
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What is the largest mountain range in South Africa?

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Thabana Ntlenyana (Drakensburg)

25
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What is the tallest mountain peak in South Africa?

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Mafadi

26
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What waterfall is commonly known as the Mosi-Oa-Thunya?

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Victoria Falls

27
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What is the height of a place above sea level called?

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Altitude

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What happens to the altitude (relief) of the land in South Africa as you travel inland from the coast?

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The land goes from coastal plain (0 - 500m altitude)
Then we meet escarpment (land rises steeply and is mainly mountain ranges)
The plateau - interior (inside) of the country - high (above 500m altitude), mostly flat

29
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Learn the map of physical features of SA and Africa

A

Have you learnt it (from workbook)?

30
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What is the ‘Blyde River Canyon’?

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Canyon was formed by river wearing away at rock for thousands of years
In Northern Drakensberg Mountains
In Mpumalanga

31
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What is ‘Algoa Bay’?

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A large bay near Port Elizabeth (Eastern Cape)
Named by a Portuguese explorer.
Means ‘Bay of the Lagoon’

32
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What is ‘Robben Island’?

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Situated off the coast of Cape Town.

Was used as a prison for many years

33
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What are the ‘Augrabies Falls’?

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A 60m high waterfall on the Orange River
Called Ankoerebis ('Place of Big Noises') by Khoikhoi.
In the Northern Cape.
34
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What is ‘Lake St. Lucia’?

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A wetland area of coastal beaches, forests, swamps and inland lakes.
In northern Kwa-Zulu Natal.

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What are the ‘uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Mountains’?

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Highest mountain range in South Africa.
'uKhahlamba' means 'wall of spears'
'Drakensberg' means 'Dragon Mountain'
Part of the 'Great Escarpment'
Forms border between Lesotho and both Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal
36
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What is ‘Vredefort Dome’?

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Made when a large meteorite hit Earth over 2000 million years ago
In North West and Free States

37
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What is the ‘Golden Gate National Park’?

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National Park in Free State close to the border with Lesotho.
Rock formation famous for gold-coloured cliffs

38
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What are the ‘Lebombo Mountains’?

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Forms part of border between South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland

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