Africa Geographical Features
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ATLAS MOUNTAINS
- Are an extension to the European Alpine system
- Are considered Berber territory
- Highest peak is Toubkal
- Provide a route between the coast and the Sahara
CANARY ISLANDS
- Named after the large dogs found on the island
- King Juba is credited with finding the islands
- One of the most popular tourist destinations
- Home to the world's third largest volcano
BLUE NILE
- 907 miles long
- Flows into Lake Tana
- Joins the White Nile at Khartoum
- Chief headstream of the Nile River
LAKE CHAD
- Has shrunk by 90%
- Was the world's sixth largest lake
- Began shrinking in the 1960s
- It's a fresh water lake
KALAHARI DESERT
- Merges with the Namib desert
- Is a featureless, sand covered plain
- Soil is reddish in color
- Is a basin like plain
SAHEL
- Extends from Senegal to the Sudan
- Has natural pasture
- South of the Sahara Desert
- Has been afflicted with long periods of drought
SAHARA
- World's hottest desert
- Third largest desert
- Covers most of North Africa
- Is divided into different geographic zones
HORN OF AFRICA
- A peninsula in East Africa
- Is inhabited by 100 million people
- Covers 2,000,000 kilometers
- Consists mainly of mountains
