1. Physical Features of Africa

2. Landforms Sahara Sahel Savanna Tropical Rainforest Atlas Mountains
Kalahari Desert

3. Sahara The world’s largest hot desert
Covers most of North Africa- from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

4. Sahel South of the Sahara and north of the Equator
Separates the Sahara from the tropical rainforest

5. Savanna Rolling grasslands and scattered trees and shrubs
There are 4.5 million square miles of savannas

6. Tropical Rainforest Found in central Africa
Africa is home to the second largest rainforest in the world

7. Atlas Mountains
Found in Northern Africa between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara

8. Kalahari Desert Large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Africa
Dunes as larges as 200 feet high and 50 miles long can be found here

9. Waterforms Congo River Nile River Niger River Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria

10. Congo River Flows throughout west central Africa
Second longest river in Africa and fifth longest river in the world
Crosses the rainforest twice and surrounded by rain forest

11. Nile River The world’s longest river (4150 miles)
Flows northward from the mountains in central Africa through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean Sea

12. Niger River Principal river in western Africa
Flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Five nations depend on it for their water

13. Lake Tanganyika
Longest lake as well as the second-deepest lake in the world
Lies in central Africa

14. Lake Victoria Headwaters reservoir for the Nile Largest lake in Africa
Second largest freshwater lake in the world
A shallow lake