West Africa
What is West Africa's interior areas like?
Dry and arid with a short growing season
True or False: Africa's lion population has increased by 20,000
False; It has decreased to ONLY 20,000
West Africa has what physical features?
Steppes and savannas
What are the two main deep water lakes in East Africa?
Lake Turkana and lake Tanganika
What are steppes?
A large area of flat unforested grassland
What are the 3 reasons Africa's lion population has fallen?
Hunting, poaching, and movement into big cat areas.
What physical features does Central Africa have?
Rain forests, and the Congo Basin
What is the Horn of Africa?
A peninsula shaped like a rhino. (It includes 4 different countries
What are some of West Africa's physical features?
Ranges from the steppes and highlands to the tropical coast and dry or arid deserts.
What was Derek Joubert trying to accomplish in Africa?
Conserving big cat habitats and supporting ecotourism.
What is East Africa's physical features?
The Great Rift Valley, Kiliminjaro, and savannas and plateaus
What is the highest Mtn. in Africa?
Mount Kiliminjaro (19,000 feet)
Why are most of West Africa's largest cities on or near the coast?
There's more economic advantages
What is poaching?
illegal hunting
What is Southern Africa's physical features?
Plateaus, and the Kalahari desert
How tall is the great Rift valleys walls?
6,000 feet tall
In what ways do West Africa's interior regions different from its coastal regions?
The interior is more dry and less tropical than the coastline is.
What is ecotourism?
What are the four main parts of Sub-Saharan Africa?
Central Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa, and East Africa
What is the Great Rift Valley?
A chain of valleys; south west of Asia