AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES WEST MIDDLE. WHO AM I? Directions: Clear your desk & write your name at the top of a blank sheet of paper. Number each question.

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AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES WEST MIDDLE

WHO AM I? Directions: Clear your desk & write your name at the top of a blank sheet of paper. Number each question as you go & skip a line. You may use an atlas or book with a Physical Map of Africa but you may not turn or use any other part of this resource. Use the clues to help you discover the physical feature.

AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES REVIEW Who am I? Home to 80 percent of Africa's tallest mountains. Helped shelter this region from foreign conquest and preserve one of the world's most distinct cultures. The only African country never to have been colonized. Ethiopian Highlands

AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES REVIEW Who am I? Located to the east of the Great Rift Valley. Dormant Volcano with ice along it’s peak. Tallest mountain in Africa. Mt. Kilimanjaro

AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES REVIEW Who am I? Borders Uganda, Tanzania & Kenya Second largest freshwater lake in the world after Lake Superior, surface area of about 27,000 sq. miles. Named for the British Queen Victoria. Lake Victoria

AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES REVIEW Who am I? Begins in Lake Victoria and the Ethiopian Highlands Meets in Khartoum, Sudan. The longest river in the world. Nile River

AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES REVIEW Who am I? Begins in Lake Victoria and the Ethiopian Highlands Meets in Khartoum, Sudan. The longest river in the world. Nile River

AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES REVIEW Who am I? Dominates northern Africa. Covers more than 3,500,000 square miles, It is the world’s hottest desert (136º). Sahara Desert

AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES REVIEW Who am I? Located in East Africa.East Africa Begins in northern Syria & ends in central Mozambique.Syria Mozambique Earliest signs of humans are from this region. Great Rift Valley

AFRICA PHYSICAL FEATURES REVIEW Who am I? Vital transportation route. Controlled by the United Kingdom. Separates Europe & Africa by 8.4 miles at the narrowest point. Strait of Gibraltar