Africa Geography
What is the longest river in Africa and in the world?
Nile
What is the main problem around water in Africa?
Scarcity
Which country is found on the southern tip of Africa?
South Africa
Which mountain is found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia?
Atlas Mountains
What are the three deserts we talked about in Africa this year?
Sahel, Sahara, Kalahari
What is another main problem around water in Africa?
Water pollution, it is not available in every region of the continent.
The country is home to Kilimanjaro
Kenya
Which is the largest fresh water lake in Africa?
Lake Victoria
Why is it hard to live in northern Africa?
Desert/scarcity of water
Apart from desertification name two other issues that is calling the Sahel to be an unlivable region.
Drought and lack of trading opportunities
Explain how the great riff valley is formed
From the splitting of the earth tectonic plates into two plates
Which mountain is a large dormant volcano ?
Kilimanjaro
Why is the tropical rainforest getting smaller and smaller?
Because of deforestation
State one issue that farmers have to contend with in the rural Savannas Region
Tsetse flies
Name the two African tectonic plates
Nubian Plate and Somali Plate
This part of the mountain is covered with thick snow and ice
The sumit
Why is the desert getting bigger and bigger in Africa
Because of desertification
The cutting down of trees or the destruction of the forest is known as?
Deforestation
Name the three countries in which the Kalahari desert is found
Botswana , Namibia, South Africa
Which is the third longest river in Africa?
Niger River