GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF AFRICA

NILE

• Is regarded as the longest river in the world.
• It's water is shared by 11 countries.
• Two major tributaries are Blue and White Nile.
• It is 6,853 km long.

SAHARA

• It is the worlds hottest desert.
• It is over 9,400,000 square kilometers.
• Almost as large as China or the U.S.
• People lived on the edge of the desert since the last ice age.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

• It is the sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean.
• The name comes from Latin meaning "inland".
• It's depth is approximately 1,500 meters deep.
• It was an important route for traders and merchants.

GREAT RIFT VALLEY

• It is approximately 600 km in length.
• John Walter Gregory is the British explorer who named it.
• It runs from northern Syria to central Mozambique.
• It combines features that are today regarded as separate.

NIGER RIVER

• This river is the principle river of Western Africa.
• It's source is in the Guinea Highlands and Guinea.
• It runs in crescent and has a massive delta.
• The Niger is the third largest river in Afrcia.

MT. KILIMANJARO

• Has three volcanic cones.
• It is the highest standing mountain in Africa.
• Kilimanjaro is a stratovolcano.
• A landslide that occurred on one volcanic cone created the Western Breach.

LAKE CHAD

• A large and shallow lake.
• Provides water to more than 30 million people.
• It is the latest lake in the Chad Basin.
• It's tributary is the Logone.

MADAGASCAR

• It is an island nation in the Indian Ocean.
• It is known as the Malagasy Republic.
• It is the Worlds fourth largest island.
• Almost 80% of the animals there cannot be found in the rest of the world.

GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF AFRICA