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Africa -Landforms
Serengeti Plain
Serengeti Plain
Serengeti Plain
Serengeti Plain
https://youtu.be/OZ0of0jIZ4s1:00 serengeti plains national
park animals
http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-serengeti-national-park/
Serengeti means “Endless Plain.”
12,000 sq. miles of grassland
Dry, mostly treeless land.Tourism is a huge industry.
Located in Tanzania.
Ethiopian Plateau
Ethiopian Plateau
Highland covering 2/3 of Ethiopia.
https://youtu.be/z267Sja351M 2:10 walk through Ethiopian highlands
https://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-ethiopian-highlands/
Atlas Mountains
Mostly treeless mountains in Morocco.
https://youtu.be/fTgLbOCu7WE Atlas mountains high up 2 min. show just parts.
● The mountain range has several passes that provide routes between the coast and the Sahara Desert.
● The Berber people have lived in the Atlas Mountain range for thousands of years. In fact, they have been traced back to at least 3000 B.C.
Berbers of Morocco
Namib Desert
Namib Desert
Namib Desert
World’s oldest desert.
Almost completely barren.
Less than 1 inch of rain a year.
Tallest dunes in the world, 900 ft. tall.
https://youtu.be/28w6nL4j1w0 Namib desert show intro 1:10
Kalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert
Desert in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
https://youtu.be/KWUlrTJoE70 kalahari bushmen 3 min
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
Covers 11 countries.
Largest HOT desert in the world.
9,000,000 sq. miles (same as the USA)
https://youtu.be/lPWEKUQLb9Y deadly oasis in the sahara 3:20
Sahel
Sahel
Sahel
Sahel
South of the Sahara.
Crops can be grown here.
It is called a Steppe region, less dry than a desert.
https://youtu.be/6XAxIK-HebE Sahel show first 40 seconds explaining
drought
https://youtu.be/rwGLgpN9yME Sahel start :57 – 2:50
https://youtu.be/3HJj6INmc2c 2:15
Sahel unicef
Mt Kilimanjaro
Mt Kilimanjaro
Mt Kilimanjaro
Mt Kilimanjaro
Tallest Mt. in Africa.
Tallest FREE standing Mt. in the world.
Snow capped even though at the equator.
https://youtu.be/rGYgE_KUepE 2:16 base jumping on mt Kilimanjaro
Great Rift Valley
Great Rift Valley
Great Rift Valley
Longest deep depression on Earth.
4,000 miles long.
The land is pulling apart.
https://youtu.be/w7Y2R4KBwvo 1:41 great rift valley explained
Nile River
Nile River
Nile River
Nile River
Nile River
Nile River
Longest river in the world.
4,132 miles long.
Only 22% is in Egypt.
Creates fertile land in the desert.
https://youtu.be/TI6VaNG8_nE 1:48 Nile river info
https://youtu.be/D6hOGaIGULw
stop at about 1:30 Nile croc
Congo River
Also known as Zaire River.
Zambezi River
Zambezi River
Victoria Falls is located here.
https://youtu.be/imgMbHWFwG8 2:48 zambezi river wildlife
Niger River
Niger River
Major river in West Africa.
Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls
Located on the Zambezi River.
Surrounded by rainforest because of the mist, 24/7.
World’s largest curtain of water.
Moonbows created at night.
https://youtu.be/gbpQZ37jKwc vic falls good scenes and then devils pool 4:23 still shots of
devil only.https://youtu.be/EMcjt3HUcOc
these two together just pool 1:30