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African Geography. C. Barker S. Goldberg. Important Bodies of Water. Mediterranean Sea boarders the entire northern coast of the continent. http://www.bible-history.com/geography/influence_med_sea.html. Important Bodies of Water. Red Sea boarders the northeastern coast of the continent - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
African Geography
C. Barker
S. Goldberg
Important Bodies of Water
• Mediterranean Sea– boarders the entire northern coast of the
continent
http://www.bible-history.com/geography/influence_med_sea.html
Important Bodies of Water
• Red Sea– boarders the
northeastern coast of the continent
– separates Africa from the Middle East
http://www.svmargarita.com/Red%20Sea/redsea_general.htm
Important Bodies of Water
• Indian Ocean– ocean to the east of Africa
http://www.indian-ocean.org/countries.stm
Important Bodies of Water
• Atlantic Ocean– ocean to the west
of Africa
http://www.cesa10.k12.wi.us/Ecosystems/water/Atlantic/Index.htm
Important Rivers
• Nile River– longest river
in Africa– in the north
eastern part of the continent
http://home.catv.ne.jp/hh/kong/gallery5.html
Important Rivers
• Congo River– fifth-longest river
in the world – second longest
river in Africa– located in
western-central Africa
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~anthro/courses/306/CongoRiver_map.jpg
Important Deserts of Africa
• Sahara Desert– covers ¼ of the continent – located in northern Africa
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/photogalleries/salt/
Important Deserts of Africa• Kalahari Desert
– located in southern Africa– not a true desert
• receives to much rain -- it is actually a fossil desert
http://members.shaw.ca/hbooyens/kalahari.htm
Important Mountains of Africa
• Great Rift Valley– located in eastern Africa
http://www.blessedquietness.com/longonot06.jpg
Important Mountains of Africa• Mt. Kenya
– located in central eastern Africa in modern day Kenya– highest mountain in Kenya
http://images.aazk.org/animal_pics/Lewa/MtKenya_PlainsAnimals.jpg.html
Important Mountains of Africa• Mt. Kilimanjaro
– located at the most north-eastern tip of modern day Tanzania in central eastern Africa
– highest mountain in Africa
http://www.kathyloperevents.com/kilimanjaro/
Helpful Links
• http://www.fortunecity.com/oasis/skegness/394/geogra.htm– This site contains information about the
different landforms located in Africa
• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/African_Geography.htm– This website contains some fun games that
will help you learn about Africa. It ranges from a beginner to an expert Geographer.
Practice Assessment
• http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/afrquiz.html