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Geographical Features

Published on Nov 26, 2015

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SAHARA DESERT

  • The Sahara is the world's hottest desert
  • Third largest desert after Antarctica and the Arctic
  • It is over 9,400,000 square kilometres
  • it covers most of North Africa
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL

  • It is a portion of the Indian Ocean
  • Located between Madagascar and Mozambique
  • The Channel reaches a depth of 3,292 m
  • Width of it varies from 250–600 miles
Photo by glowingz
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NILE RIVER

  • major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa
  • longest river in the world
  • 4,132 miles long
  • water resources are shared by eleven countries
Photo by Teseum
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ATLAS MOUNTAINS

  • mountain range across the northwestern stretch
  • extending about 2,500 km
  • highest peak is Toubka
  • elevation of 4,167 metres
Photo by le calmar
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SAHEL

  • Semi-arid climate
  • spans 5,400 km
  • grasslands, savannas, steppes, and thorn shrublands
  • mainly flat
Photo by Marco Bellucci
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NIGER RIVER

  • Western Africa
  • extends about 4,180 km
  • third-longest river in Africa
  • floods yearly
Photo by ILRI
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LAKE CHAD

  • large, shallow, endorheic lake
  • providing water to more than 30 million people
  • only 10.5 metres at its deepest point
  • Fresh water lake
Photo by Stacey Huggins
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LAKE VICTORIA

  • one of the African Great Lakes
  • Named after Queen Victoria
  • 68,800 square kilometres wide
  • Largest tropical lake in the world
Photo by debelzie

Abby Kleager