6 Geographical Features Of Africa
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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LAKE VICTORA
- It is Africa's largest lake and has a surface area of 26,600 square miles
- It is the world's second largest freshwater lake
- Lake Victoria is about 400,000 years old
- 80% of the lake's water comes from rain
NILE RIVER
- It is the longest river in the world, 4,160 miles long
- The rivers average discharge is 300 million cubic meters per day
- There are nine countries the Nile and its tributaries flow through
- Nile River is derived from the Greek word "neilos" which means "river"
ATLAS MOUNTAINS
- The mountain range stretches approximately 1,600 miles
- Mineral deposits found in this mountain range include gold, silver, zinc, lead, and iron.
- Toubkal is the highest mountain in the range, and in North Africa, 13,671 feet high
- The slopes of the High Atlas and Middle Atlas ranges have thick forests
GREAT RIFT VALLEY
- The Rift Valley varies mostly between 600 and 900 metres in depth
- runs south from Jordan in south west Asia, through East Africa and down to Mozambique in southern Africa
- It is 4,000 miles long and is 35 miles wide
- 30 million years old and produced Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya.
SAHARA DESERT
- It is the biggest hot desert
- The Sahara is just 30 percent sand and 70 percent gravel.
- Prehistoric cave drawings have been discovered that actually depict the flora as green and thriving.
- One could place the entire United States within the Sahara Desert and still have a few thousand square miles of desert left over
NIGER RIVER
- The river is 2597 miles long
- The Niger's water is very clear
- It has nearly 250 species of fish
- The West African manatee lives in the river
