The Shape of the Land A Vast Continent What does “vast” mean? How big is Africa?

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The Shape of the Land A Vast Continent What does “vast” mean? How big is Africa?

Location: Straddles the equator (almost cutting it in half) making much of it in the tropics; two major oceans; center of trade (changed due to Suez Canal)

Regions: book says north, west, east, central and south: North Africa – most closely associated with Middle East Sub-Sahara – south of the Sahara, HIV/AIDS a huge problem West Africa

Landforms Plateaus: most of the continent is a series of these; 367 ft vs. 7,000 ft (p. 62) escarpments (steep cliffs) formed by rivers cutting through; Great Rift Valley: giant fault in eastern part of the continent p. 61

Rivers Hydroelectric Power – energy created by moving water; important resource The Nile: 4,000 miles making it longest in the world; earliest civilizations; Aswan Dam created Lake Nasser to help with flood issues and power. Other Key Rivers: Congo, Niger, Zambezi

Natural Resources Mineral Exports: diamonds –where?, copper, oil in the Sahara, etc. Uneven Distribution: some have much, some have little

AFRICA!

Equator – connect the lines

Atlas Mountains

Drakensberg Mountains during our Winter

Drakensberg Mountains Winter (which is our Summer )

1 2

Mt. Kenya

Mt.Kilimanjaro

3 4

The Great Rift Valley

5

Nile River Egypt

Nile River in Uganda

Lake Nasser

Niger River

Zambezi River

Zambezi at Victoria Falls

Congo River

Lake Chad

2007 Lake Chad “shows slight recovery”

Lake Victoria

Lake Tanganyika

Sahara Desert

Kalahari Desert

Namib Desert

Suez Canal

SUEZ Canal