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steep, jagged slopes or cliffs
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Escarpments
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towering waterfalls that form when rivers cross escarpments
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Cataracts
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Most African mountains are found in the _______ _________
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Eastern Highlands
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stretches from Ethiopia to the Cape of Good Hope
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Eastern Highlands
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divide Uganda and Dominican Republic of the Cong
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Ruwenzori Mountains
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Ruwenzori Mountains are called "_________ __ ___ ____" because they are covered with snow and cloaked in clouds
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Mountains of the Moon
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in South Africa and Lesotho
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Drakensburg Range
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enormous trench in eastern Africa, over 3,000 miles long
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The Great Rift Valley
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a large crack in the Earth's surface formed by shifting tectonic plates
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Rift Valley
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fractures in the Earth's crust within which the Great Rift Valley lies
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Faults
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The Great Rift Valley forms two branches:
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• Eastern branch
• Western branch |
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has volcanic mountains such as Kilimanjaro
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Eastern branch
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has lakes such as Tanganyika and Malawi
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Western branch
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most of the region's _____ are near the Great Rift Valley
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lakes
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largest lake in Africa; source of the White Nile River
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Lake Victoria
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over 400 miles; making it the longest lake in Africa
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Lake Tanganyika
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mountain-rimmed lake that looks like fjord
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Lake Malawi
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Lake Chad is shrinking because of ______, ___________, and ____ _______
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droughts, evaporation and arid climate
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in Ghana; one of the largest man-made lakes in the world
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Lake Volta
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Lake Volta provides:
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• hydroelectricity
• Irrigation for farming • fishing |
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main artery in western Africa; 2,600 miles in length; empties into Atlantic
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Niger River
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The Niger River is:
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• Important to agriculture
• Major means of transportation • Forms 200 mile wide delta at its mouth |
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in south-central Africa; flows 2,200 miles and empties into Indian Ocean
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Zambezi River
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on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe
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Victoria Falls
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in central Africa; nearly 3,000 miles long and empties into Atlantic
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• Congo River
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passage where freshwater from river meets seawater
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• Estuary
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_________ are a major barrier to travel beyond the estuary
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Cataracts
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The Sahara prevented travel from central Africa to ______ or _____ ______
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Europe, north Africa
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______ and __________ makes travel by boat to the inner part of Africa difficult
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Rapids and waterfalls
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South Africa has about ____ of the world's gold
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half
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Congo River basin holds _____ _______ ________
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major diamond deposits
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Energy resources with great potential include:
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• Water (hydroelectricity)
• Sun (solar) |
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Tropical rain forest located near the _______ and is the _______ climate
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equator, wettest
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Tropical rain forest crops include:
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•Bananas
• Cocoa • Cotton • Pineapples • Tea • Palms (oil,rubber) |
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Deforestation in tropical rain forest occurs because:
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• Clearing land for agriculture
• Clear-cutting for commercial timber |
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Grassland with scattered trees
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Tropical Savanna
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Tropical Savanna climate covers almost ____ of the continent
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half
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northeast trade wind that brings hot, dry air streams to the savanna
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Harmattan
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one of the world's largest savanna plains
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Serengeti Plain
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in Tanzania; wild animal preserve
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Serengeti National Park
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desert-like climate that separates the savanna from the deserts
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Steppe Climate
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north steppe that creates a southern border between the Sahara and the savanna
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Sahel
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along the Atlantic coast of Namibia
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Namibia Desert
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covers eastern Namibia, Botswana and part of South Africa
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Kalahari Desert
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found in the coastal areas of South Africa and the highland regions
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Moderate Climates
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