Vocabulary
The height of land above sea level
What is elevation?
Africa can be divided into _______ regions.
What is four?
Plateaus have a ________ elevation.
What is high?
There are _______ large rivers that carry water from the mountains to the sea in Africa.
What are four?
These are some benefits of farming near a river.
What is irrigation for crops?
Rich in the substances plants need to grow well.
What is fertile?
The Sahara Desert is located in this region of Africa.
What is North Africa?
All of Africa's regions have these types of landforms.
What are mountains?
The _________ River in Africa, is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile?
This is the northernmost country in Africa through which the Great Rift Valley runs.
What is Egypt?
A large, level area that rises above the surrounding land.
What is a plateau?
This region is mostly grassland, and is the most populated.
What is West Africa?
The tallest mountain in Africa.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
This river runs through the rain forests of the Central African countries of the Congo.
What is the Congo River?
Each region of Africa has these TWO physical features.
What are mountains and coastal plains?
A river or stream that flows into a larger river.
What is a tributary?
This region of Africa has many mountains and a few plateaus.
What is East Africa?
These types of landforms are mostly along the coast of Africa.
What are Coastal Plains?
The Niger River is the __________ longest river in Africa, and flows for 2,600 miles.
What is the third?"
In the 1960's, Egypt's government built this dam to control the flooding of the Nile.
What is the Aswan High Dam?
A deep crack in Earth's surface.
What is a rift?
The Namib Desert and the Kalahari Desert are in this part of Africa.
What is Southern Africa?
This valley in East Africa was formed millions of years ago, when the continents pulled apart.
What is the Great Rift Valley?
About halfway to the Indian Ocean, the Zambezi River plunges into a canyon, creating this spectacular waterfall.
What is Victoria Falls?
People have used Zambezi River's strong current to produce____________.
What is electricity?