African Physical Geography
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 plateaus | Africa is largely composed of __________ of various elevations |
| escarpments | steep, often jagged cliffs usually located about 20 miles inland that mark the edges of the continent |
| Eastern Highlands | Most of Africa's few mountains are found here |
| rift valley | a large crack in the earth's surface formed by shifting the plates |
| Great Rift Valley | It stretches from Syria in Southwest Asia to Mozambique in the southeastern part of Africa |
| Great Rift Valley | where most lakes in Africa are near |
| Niger River | the most important river for agriculture and transportation in West Africa |
| Angola, NIgeria, Gabon, Congo | oil |
| South Africa, Zimbabwe, DRC, Tanzania, Ghana | gold |
| South Africa, Niger, Gabon, DRC, Namibia | uranium |
| South Africa, Botswana, Congo River Basin, Angola, DRC, Sierra Leone | diamonds |
| on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe | the location of Victoria Falls |
| hydroelectric power | Africa has enormous unused ___________________ potential |
| pula | word meaning rain, blood, life, or country currency |
| bananas, pineapples, cocoa, tea, coffee | examples of crops grown in this region |
| wettest areas, closest to the Equator | Where would you find a tropical savanna climate in Africa? |
| 50% | Savanna covers what percent of the continent? |
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