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Geographical Features Of Africa

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

OF AFRICA
Photo by Elizabeth Haslam
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SAHARA DESERT

  • Largest hot desert in the world
  • Stretches 3,000 miles long
  • On the Tropic of Cancer
  • In north Africa
Photo by Lon&Queta
3.

NILE RIVER

  • Holds Lake Nasser
  • Comes from Lake Victoria
  • Flows into the Mediterranean Sea
  • Longest river in the world
Photo by angela7dreams
4.

MADAGASCAR

  • Lies East of Africa
  • By Indian Ocean
  • By Mozambique Channel
  • Island country
Photo by Jeroen Kransen
5.

LAKE CHAD

  • In Sahel
  • It is shrinking
  • 4th largest lake in Africa
  • North of Congo River
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
6.

HORN OF AFRICA

  • Part of it is inside Djibouti
  • In the eastern part of Africa
  • Along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden
  • Covers about 2 million km^2
Photo by Official U.S. Air Force
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KALAHARI DESERT

  • Southern part of Africa
  • South of Congo River
  • Semi-Arid
  • 900,000 square km
Photo by EvaUppsala
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NIGER RIVER

  • Western part of Africa
  • West of lake chad
  • 2,600 miles long
  • From guinea
Photo by ILRI
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ATLAS MTS.

  • Northern most mountain range
  • North of Sahara desert
  • 2,500 km
  • West of Libyan desert
Photo by frankdouwes

Michael Wanek