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basin |
a large, bowl-shaped dip in the land |
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rift valley |
a narrow valley w/steep sides that was formed millions of years ago by cracks in the earth's surface |
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escarpment |
a ateep cliff at the adge of a plateau |
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savanna |
a broad grassland containing scattered trees and shrubs |
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west africa |
makes up the southern part of the continent's northwestern "buldge" |
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east and equatorial africa |
stretches from the sahara desert south to mozambique, zimbabwe, and namiba |
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southern africa |
southernmost part of the continent |
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great rift valley |
starts in mozambique and is made up of several systems of rift valleys |
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sahel |
arabic-means "border" or "shore" |
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kano |
area in northern nigeria |
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trade winds |
winds that determined which way trading ships would sail |
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harmattan |
a hot, dry wind |
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drought |
lack of water over a long period |
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desertification |
the expansion of a desert |
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shifting cultivation |
type of farming that allows some fields to rest, lying unplanted, while crops are being planted on other fields |
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slah-and-burn farming |
type of farming where the field is cleared of it's trees and stumps and then the brush is burned, creating ash which enriches the soil |
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cote d'ivoire |
a country in west africa, on the gulf of guinea |
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senegal |
a country on the atlantic coast of west africa |
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nigeria |
a country on the gulf of guinea in west africa |
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