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Geographical

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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MADAGASCAR

  • Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world.
  • The capital of Madagascar is Antananarivo, home to over 2 million people.
  • Madagascar is home to over 22 million people (22,599,098) as of July 2013.
  • The official languages of Madagascar are Malagasy and French.
Photo by Alex '77
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SAHARA

  • It’s not even the biggest desert
  • Very few call it home
  • The Sahara used to be rich, fertile farmla
  • Home to the toughest foot race ever
Photo by Retlaw Snellac Photography
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NILE RIVER

  • It is believed to be the longest river in the world.
  • Around 40 million people live in the Nile Delta region.
  • The Nile River has huge significance in regards to Ancient Egypt.
  • The Aswan High Dam was built in 1970 to help regulate flooding of the Nile River.
Photo by Cybergate9
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SAHEL

  • is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara desert to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south.
  • it stretches across the southernmost extent of Northern Africa between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea.
  • literally means "shore, coast", describing the appearance of the vegetation
  • The Sahel spans 5,400 km
Photo by Marco Bellucci
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LAKE CHAD

  • shallow lake in Africa, whose size has varied over the centuries.
  • According to the UN it shrank as much as by 95 percent from about 1963 to 1998
  • Lake Chad is very shallow—only 10.5 metres (34 ft) at its deepest
  • It was considered to be one of the largest lakes in the world when first surveyed
Photo by blmiers2
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LAKE VICTORIA

  • It is Africa's largest lake
  • It is the largest tropical lake in the world.
  • It is the world's second largest freshwater lake measured by surface area.
  • Lake Victoria is about 400,000 years old.
Photo by Sam Ilić

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