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Africa

Published on Nov 22, 2015

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CONGO BASIN

  • Sedimentary basin of the Congo river
  • Begins in the highlands of the East African Rift system
  • Contains some of the largest tropical rainforests in the world.
  • Important biodiversity hotspot
Photo by niksin
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SAHARA

  • Largest hot desert in the world
  • Made up of smaller deserts
  • Over 9,400,000 square km
  • Almost as large as the US
Photo by mvongrue
3.

SAHEL

  • Biogeographic zone of transition in Africa
  • Located just south of the Sahara
  • Strip of land that stretches across the continent
  • 620 miles wide
Photo by Marco Bellucci
4.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

  • Southern tip of Africa
  • Rocky beach
  • Named by Bartolomeu Dias
  • Named in 1488
Photo by kiryna
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LAKE CHAD

  • Size varies
  • Shallow lake
  • Wars are fought over it daily
  • Important source of drinking water
Photo by barth1003
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NILE RIVER

  • Longest river in the world
  • Flows into the Mediterranean Sea
  • Blue and White Nile feed it
  • Runs through lake Naser
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

Dalton Peters