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Sudan
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somalia
Uganda
Kenya
Djibouti
Tanzania
Burundi
Rwanda
Seychelles
Comoros
Are these geometric or natural boundaries?
Landforms
Highlands and mountains from Ethiopia to Cape of Good Hope
Include Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya
3 subregions Great Lakes
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi
Horn of Africa Ethiopia, Eritrea,
Sudan, Djibouti, and Somalia
Islands off the coast Comoros and
Seychelles
Diverse vegetation within subregions (and even in single countries)
Where are most of the lakes and rivers located?
Great Rift Valley• Formed by
tectonic plate movement
• Major lakes
From Syria (in SW Asia) to Mozambique (in SE Africa)
Major Rivers
Rivers White Nile Blue Nile Tributaries meet
at Khartoum (capital of Sudan)
Confluence: the junction or combination of two rivers
Lake Tanganyika
• Second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume• Also the second deepest• Which lake ranks first?
Seychelles and Comoros
Located off the coasts of Tanzania and Madagascar in Indian Ocean
Seychelles = 115 islands Most are uninhabited Humid and tropical climate Lush vegetation Rocky and hilly islands leave little
farmland (~ 18%)
Comoros = 3 islands Nov.-Mar. = “wet” season
Monsoons, heavy rains, cyclones Apr.-Oct. = dry season Formed by volcanoes Cultivate sugar cane, ylang-ylang
(for perfume), vanilla, cloves, and tropical plants
East Africa has the second largest country (by land size)
Sudan
Recently (2011) split into Sudan and South Sudan after vote for independence
Population
East Africa has three of the top six most populated countries on the continent Ethiopia Tanzania Kenya