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Plateau africa’s main landform
Horn of Africa eastern peninsula on which Somalia is located
Cape verde western “hump”
Cape of good hope southern tip of the continent
Strait of Gibraltar point where Africa and Europe almost touch
Suez canal separates Africa and asia, manmade
Kilimanjaro highest mt. in Africa
Tanzania country w/ Kilimanjaro
Mt. Kenya 2nd highest mt in Africa
Atlas mt. range in NW, largest in Africa
Morocco, Algeria countries that atlas mts. Pass through
Ngorogoro largest crater
Tanzania home of ngorogoro
Drakensberg escarpment cliffs along coast, SE
The great rift valley giant depression in E Africa
Jordan, Mozambique great rift valley runs from ___ to ___
Congo second longest river
Congo longest and largest river in sub-saharan Africa
Niger 3rd longest river
Zambezi 4th longest river
Zambezi river that forms Victoria falls
Zambia, Zimbabwe Victoria falls is b/w ___ and ____
Lake Victoria largest lake in Africa
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda countries that border lake Victoria
Lake Victoria source of white nile river
White nile what lake Victoria flows into
Lake tana source of blue nile
Blue nile what lake tana flows into
Ethiopia country w/ lake tana
Tanganyika 2nd deepest lake in the world
Tanganyika separates DR congo and Tanzania
Dr congo, Tanzania Tanganyika separates ____ and _____
Nasser lake thru sudan and Egypt
Egypt, sudan countries w/ lake Nasser
Aswan dam manmade construction that created Nasser lake
Nasser lake created by aswan dam
Lake chad lake NE of Nigeria
Red sea stands b/w sudan and Saudi Arabia
Sudan, Saudi Arabia red sea stands b/w ___ and ____
Mozambique channel body of water that separates Mozambique and Madagascar
Mozambique, Madagascar Mozambique channel separates ____ and _____
Desert largest biome in Africa
Tropical latitudes Africa is the only continent that straddles the three ____ ______
3 number of tropical latitudes
Deserts, arid steppes ___ and ___ ___ cover almost 2/3 of Africa
Sahara largest desert in the world
Sahara desert in n. Africa
Libyan desert in SW Egypt
Nubian desert in NE sudan and east Egypt
Kalahari desert in Botswana
Botswana country w/ Kalahari
Namib desert in Namibia
Sudan eastern steppe grasslands (n. of equator)
Sahel western steppe grasslands (n. of equator)
Veld savannahs in s. Africa
Wet and dry tropics climate w/ sudan (not country) and veld
Savannah main vegetation of Africa
Savannah main vegetation of wet and dry tropics
Around equator location of africa’s tropical rainforests
8 % of Africa covered in rainforest: less than___%
Canary islands west of morocco, Spanish-owned
Azores Portuguese islands
St. Helena napoleon’s last prison
Madagascar independent nation, 4th largest island on earth
Comoros islands east of Mozambique
Zanzibar part of Tanzania
Tanzania Zanzibar is part of _____

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Created March 9, 2008
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iveyle : Changed Sudan, Egypt → countries w/ lake Nasser to Egypt, sudan → countries w/ lake Nasser
iveyle : Changed Lake Nasser → lake thru sudan and Egypt to Nasser → lake thru sudan and Egypt
iveyle : Changed Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania → countries that border lake Victoria to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda → countries that border lake Victoria
iveyle : Changed White nile river → what lake Victoria flows into to White nile → what lake Victoria flows into
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  5. Suez canal → separates Africa and asia, manmade - 1 miss
  6. Mt. Kenya → 2nd highest mt in Africa - 1 miss
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