Landforms
A long, thin valley created by the moving apart of tectonic plates.
What is a rift valley?
Africa's, and the world's, longest river.
What is the Nile?
Two-thirds of all Africans do this for a living?
What is farming?
This is the largest arid environment in the world.
What is the Sahara?
This refers to the tops of trees in a rainforest where many of the animal species live.
What is a canopy?
This type of landform, typically high in elevation but flat on the surface, covers most of Africa?
What is plateau?
Africa's LONGEST lake.
What is Lake Tanganyika?
This commodity is Africa's most valuable after oil.
What is coffee?
Africa is considered to be the "warm continent" because most of it lies in the _______.
What are the tropics?
Region of Africa with most of its tropical rainforest.
What is Congo Basin?
Most of Africa's mountain are of this type.
What is volcanic?
Africa's LARGEST lake.
What is Lake Victoria?
South Africa is one of the world's most mineral rich country because of the mining of _____.
What is chromium, platinum & gold?
The length of the rainy season is largely determined by a region's distance from the _____.
What is the Equator?
An area of the desert which receives vegetation from an underground aquifer?
What is an oasis?
This landform is a steep slope that forms the edge of a plateau, meaning its fairly flat on top.
What is escarpment?
An area drained by a river and its tributaries.
What is a basin?
Africa produces this percentage of the world's supply of coffee.
What is 10%?
Sub-saharan climate zone that has one or two rainy seasons?
What is tropical dry or wet/dry?
Area of East Africa with the world's best grasslands.
What is Serengeti Plain?
These are the two tallest mountains in Africa.
What are Kenya & Kilimanjaro?
This river drains the Sudan Basin.
What is the Nile or White Nile?
This are all four of Africa's biggest producers of oil that together produce 1/10th of the world's supply.
What is Algeria, Libya, Nigeria & Angola?
Type of climate in Johannesburg, South Africa.
What is Mediterranean?
This is ONE of the two desert regions of southern Africa.
What is the Namib & Kalahari?