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How has Africa's physical geography affected its ability to use its resources for economic development? Think about: its use of rivers for transportation.

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Rivers in Africa are long, but they have many waterfalls, rapids and gorges, so these characteristics make rivers less useful for transportation than shorter rivers on other continents. Waterfalls make large parts of the river impassable, and meanders make transportation across the river difficult.

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