1. Physical Features of Africa SSWG4a Describe the location of major physical features and their impact on Sub-Saharan Africa.

3. Mountains/Highlands Major Highlands: Ethiopian Highlands/Plateau, Mt. Kilimanjaro Ethiopian Highlands were created because of volcanic eruptions long ago Kilimanjaro an inactive stratavolcano.

4. Mountains Ethiopian Highlands/PlateauMt. Kilimanjaro

5. Rivers Major Rivers: Nile, Congo, Zambezi, Senegal, Niger, Orange Nile is the longest river in the world (flows north) Victoria Falls is part of the Zambezi River System

6. Rivers Nile RiverZambezi River

7. Valleys/Plains/Basins Major features: Congo Basin, Great Rift Valley The Congo Basin contains almost 20% of the world's rain forest. Great Rift Valley is a great depression in eastern Africa

8. Valleys/Plains/Basins Great Rift ValleyCongo River Basin

9. Deserts Major features: Sahara, Kalahari, Namib Covering almost one-third of the continent, the Sahara is the largest desert in the world The Kalahari, covered largely by reddish sand, lies between the Orange and Zambezi rivers

10. Deserts Sahara DesertKalahari

11. Lake Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Nyasa, Lake Chad Most are precious water sources and have high population density around them. Lake Victoria is the largest African lake Lake Chad is shrinking because of its location.

12. Lakes Lake ChadLake Victoria

13. Additional Land Features Horn of Africa, Sahel, Comoros Islands, Canary Islands The Sahel is on the southern edges of the ever-expanding Sahara Desert. It’s a transition zone between the dry areas of the north and the tropical areas of the south. Horn of Africa is the peninsula on the eastern side of the continent.

14. Other Land Features Horn of AfricaSahel