EAST AFRICA

WHERE IS EAST AFRICA?

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Rivers
• Mountains
• Lakes
• Valley

LAKE RUDOLF

• Located in East Africa's Rift Valley
• The Forth largest lake in East Africa
• It is 150 miles long and 10-20 miles wide
• The greatest depth recorded is 240 feet

MOUNT KILIMANJARO

• Located in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania
• Has three volcanic cones Kibo, Shira, and Mawenzi.
• Stands at 5,895 meters tall
• Makes it the largest standing mountian in the world

ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS

• Located in the North Eastern corner of Ethiopia
• It is a rugged mass of mountains
• Is the largest continues area of altitude
• Little of the Mountains faces drop below 4,921 feet

LAKE VICTORIA

• Located at the african great lakes
• Has three basin countries Uganda, Kenya, Tanzonia
• One of Africa's great lakes
• Larges tropical lake in the world
• Has a surface area of 68,800 square kilometers

THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY

• Stretches from northern Syria to central Mozambique
• 3,700 miles in length
• Its name was given in the late 19th century
• Gets up too 4,820 ft. deed

RUVUMA RIVER

• On the border of Tanzania and Mozambique
• 760 kl. long
• Passes over several cataracts
• Navigable only by small craft

LAKE TANGANYIKA

• Located across the four countries of:
• Tanzania, Republic of Congo, Burundi, and Zambia
• Worlds second largest freash water lake
• World longest freshwater lake

MOUNT KENYA

• Located in Kenya
• Second highest mountain in the world
• Lies immediately south of the equator
• A 10,000 foot ring of dense forest covers its sloops

BIBILIOGRAPHY

• Britannica.com
• wikipedia.org
• phoenixholliman2.weebly.com
• Google images
• World History: Ancient through modern times(Textbook)