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Africa

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

EAST AFRICA

  • Mountains and plateaus
  • Some grassland
  • P. 309 & 312
  • ...which countries are coastal
  • ...which have grassland? Desert?
Photo by Khánh Hmoong

CENTRAL & SOUTH AFRICA

  • Clat or rolling grassland
  • Thick rain forest, mountains, & swamps
  • Namib desert & Kalahari desert
  • P. 310
  • How dies deforestation affect Africa?

AFRICA'S MAJOR LANDFORMS

  • The Plateau Continent
  • Coastal Plains Edge Continent
  • The Great Rift Valley
Photo by Wonderlane

THE PLATEAU CONTINENT

  • Elevation is high
  • Mountains in all 4 regions
  • Highest mtn is Mt Kilimanjaro
  • ...19,341 feet above sea level
  • (Tanzania)
Photo by hktang

COASTAL PLAINS EDGE CONTINENT

  • Along edges - coastal plain
  • Dry and sandy sometimes
  • Marshy and moist other times
  • P. 307...Accra, Ghana
  • ...escarpment & narrow coastal plain
Photo by heatkernel

THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY

  • Mount Kilimanjaro
  • Formed millions if years ago
  • Continents pulled apart
  • Rift = Trench
  • 4,000 miles long, lakes
Photo by dhilung

AFRICAS RIVERS

  • Nile
  • Congo
  • Zambezi
  • Niger
Photo by Nagarjun

NILE RIVER

  • Longest in world
  • Flows north into mediterranean
  • Farmed for thousands of years
  • Flooding = silt = fertile land
  • Aswan High Dam - Lake Nassar

CONGO RIVER

  • 2nd longest river in Africa
  • Fast flowing
  • Lots of water (volume)
  • Flows into Atlantic
  • No delta - deep, wide canyon
Photo by Nick Hobgood

NIGER RIVER

  • 3rd longest river in Africa
  • Makes a "U"...
  • ...north from Guinea, then back south
  • Water for irrigating farms
  • Fishing (economy)
Photo by jbdodane

ZAMBEZI RIVER

  • 4th longest in Africa
  • Creates border for 6 countries
Photo by SqueakyMarmot

RIVERS CONCLUSION

  • How are Africas rivers different than others we've studied?
  • Cataracts = not possible/navigable by boat/ship

WHAT DID YOU LEARN?

  • Explain where Africa is located
  • Describe climate zones & vegetation
  • Identify key geographic features
  • Locate the major regions of Africa
Photo by enjosmith

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