AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY

MT. KILIMANJARO

• Highest peak in the continent of Africa
• It is located in the country of Tanzania
• It is actually a volcanic mountain
• Approximately 20,000 ft above sea level

SAHARA

• The largest hot desert in the world
• It means "desert" in Arabic
• Stretches for 3,000 miles across Africa
• Can reach temperatures up to 136.4 degrees

MADAGASCAR

• Island located off the east coast of Africa
• First settled around 300 BC
• It is the place to find wild lemurs over 100 species
• Has hot rainy seasons and dry humid seasons

GREAT RIFT VALLEY

• Stretch for over 4,000 miles on the east part of Africa
• Continental plates are pulling apart from each other
• East part of Africa is pulling away from the rest of the continent
• Also called a depression in the land

LAKE VICTORIA

• Largest body of fresh water on continent of Africa
• Sits in a shallow basin between to rift valleys
• The worlds second largest freshwater lake
• Despite it large size it's only 270 ft deep

NILE RIVER

• Longest river in the world
• Flows for more than 4,000 miles into Egypt
• 3,320 people per square mile live on the Nile
• 95% of Egyptians depend on it for their water