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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES

BY ELLA KRAUSE
Photo by ray rui

SAHARA DESERT

THE LARGEST, HOTTEST DESERT IN THE WORLD, COVERS 11 COUNTIES. LARGER THAN THE CONTINENTAL U.S EXPANDING
Photo by Rich Holman

NILE RIVER

LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD (FLOWS NORTH) . PRIMARY WATER SOURCE OF EGYPT AND SUDAN

SUEZ CANAL

CONNECTS THE RED SEA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. OPENED ON NOVEMBER 17 1869

ATLAS MOUNTAINS

THEY ARE IN MOROCCO AND ALGERIA. THEY ARE LOW AND DRY
Photo by hellokathie

NIGER RIVER

FLOWS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE DESSERT. IT’S THE THIRD LONGEST RIVER IN AFRICA .
Photo by markhillary

THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY

VALLEYS THAT ARE LONG AND DEEP WITH MOUNTAINS AND PLATEAUS ON EITHER SIDE WHERE TECTONIC PLATES ARE PULLING THE EARTH APART

MT. KILIMAN

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AFRICA. 5000 FT HIGHER THAN ANY MOUNTAIN IN 48/50 OF THE U.S.
Photo by Paul Gilmore

SERENGETI PLAIN

ENDLESS PLAIN, MASSIVE MIGRATION OF WILDLIFE, AND IT’S A TROPICAL GRASSLAND
Photo by Chen Hu

LAKE VICTORIA

ONE OF AFRICA’S GREAT LAKES(LARGEST LAKE IN AFRICA, SOURCE OF NILE RIVER)
Photo by Prof. Mortel

BASIN

A GENERALLY FLAT REGION SURROUNDED BY HIGHER LAND SUCH AS MOUNTAINS AS PLATEAUS WHERE WATER ARRAIGN INTO

CONGO RIVER

2ND LONGEST RIVER IN AFRICA. 2ND LONGEST VOLUME WISE IN THE WORLD.
Photo by ANDI WHISKEY

ADDITIONAL FACTS ABOUT AFRICA

  • Africa is the most tropical out of all continents
  • Africa incorporates both the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn
  • Africa has the second largest population in the world.