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Africa Geo

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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GREAT RIFT VALLEY

  • Lands sank into the ground
  • Over 4,000 miles long.
  • Lakes are formed at the bottom
  • is in the process of splitting the African Plate
Photo by Wajahat Mahmood
2.

NILE RIVER

  • Worlds largest river
  • It's waters provide irrigation
  • 95% Egyptians depended on it
  • Shared by 11 countries
Photo by Teseum
3.

SAHARA

  • Largest desert in the world
  • Sahara means desert in Arabic
  • 3,000 miles across the continent
  • As high as 136.4*F in the summer
Photo by mvongrue
4.

SAHEL

  • Means "shore of the desert"
  • Band of dry grass land
  • Used for farming and herding
  • The desert is spreading into this section
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MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL

  • between Madagascar and Mozambique.
  • A warm current flows in a southward direction
  • was a World War II clashpoint
  • reaches a depth of 3,292 m
Photo by David Darricau
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LAKE VICTORIA

  • Africa's largest lake.
  • In the rift valleys
  • Worlds second largest fresh water lake
  • 270 feet deep
Photo by holydog

Alyssa Hatch