the student will locate select features of africa
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The Student will locate select features of Africa
Locate the following physical features on your maps:Sahara Desert Sahel Savanna Atlas Mountains Congo River Niger River Nile River Lake Victoria Kalahari Desert Lake Tanganyika Cape of Good Hope
Lake Tanganyika
Niger River
Savanna
Savanna
Savanna
Sahara Desert
It divides the continent into two
regions: Arab North Africa and Black African
Sub-Saharan Africa
World’s Largest Desert
It covers almost one-third of the continent and stretches from
the Atlantic Ocean to the
Red Sea.
Kalahari DesertThe kalahari covers over 100,000 square
miles of southwestern Africa. It gets around 10
inches of rain a year and has very hot
summers.
Grass, shrubs, and a number of wild animals are able to
survive in the Kalahari because of an underground
supply of water.
SavannasA savanna is a rolling grassland
scattered with shrubs and isolated trees. Not enough rain falls on a
savanna to support forests. Savannas are also known as tropical grasslands. They are found in a wide band on either side of the equator on
the edges of tropical rainforests. Serengeti
Although the soil in the savanna is very rich, there is no farming because of
disease carrying insects like the tsetse fly and black fly.
The Sahel is a belt of dry grassland that borders the southern edge of the
Sahara Desert. This semi-arid region is sparsely vegetated area and receives an average of four to eight inches of
rainfall per year during its July to September monsoon season
Desertification – the process of once fertile farm land turning into desert.
Termite mound in the Sahel during the dry season
In the 1970’s, drought caused mass starvation. More than 1,000,000 people died. Many farmers moved to cities. The desert gradually took over
abandoned farms.
RainforestsThe Congo Basin holds the world’s second
largest rainforest and represents 70% of the
African continent's plant cover .
The Congo is one of the world's most threatened
ecosystems. Commercial logging,
clearing for subsistence agriculture, and warfare
has devastated the forest, displaced people,
and resulted in the expansion of the
"bushmeat" trade. Since the 1980s, Africa has
had the highest deforestation rates of
any region on the globe.
A tropical rainforest is a forest close to the equator, averaging over 70 inches of rain a
year, with dense vegetation.
Lake VictoriaLake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and the second
largest freshwater lake in the world (Lake Superior is larger).
The longest river in the world (The
Nile River) originates from Lake Victoria as the White Nile.
Lake TanganyikaLake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second
deepest, after Lake Baikal in Siberia.
The water flows into the Congo
River system and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean.
Nile RivergoAt over 4,000 miles in length, the Nile is the longest river in the world.
Most of Africa’s fertile farm lands
lie along the Nile. It has been a source of fresh water for people, animals
and crops, and an important trade
route for thousands of
years.
Congo RiverThe second longest river in Africa (after the Nile). The Congo (also known as the Zaire River) is the
most powerful river in Africa. People use the river for fishing
and travel.
Hydroelectric power obtained from the river powers most of Central
Africa.
Zaire
Niger RiverThe Niger is the third-longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the Nile and the Congo River (also known
as the Zaire River).
The river floods during the annual
rainy season creating freshwater
marshlands, where people grow rice and fish. The Niger Delta
contains rich supplies of oil, providing
Nigeria with most of its annual income.
Atlas Mountains Located on the northwest corner of the continent,
the Atlas Mountains run
through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. This
range separates the Mediterranean and Atlantic coast
lines from the Sahara.
Locate and label on your political map, the following countries:
South Africa Egypt Kenya Sudan Nigeria Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
South Africa
South Africa has three capitals – Pretoria (executive),
Bloemfontein (judicial), and Cape Town (legislative) and
eleven official languages. The largest city is Johannesburg.
Currency = Rand (ZAR)
Dutch traders landed at the southern tip of modern day South Africa in 1652 and
established a stopover point on the spice route between the Netherlands and the East, founding the city of Cape Town.
EgyptCurrency = Egyptian pound (EGP)
The capital of Egypt is Cairo. The official language is Arabic. Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East. The majority live
near the banks of the Nile River.
The first kingdom was founded around 3150 BC by King Menses,
giving rise to a series of dynasties that
ruled Egypt for the next three thousand
years.
KenyaCurrency = Kenyan Shilling (KES)
The Capital of Kenya is Nairobi. They have two official
languages, English and Swahili.
In 1984 a skeleton was discovered at Lake Turkana of a boy belonging to
Homo erectus from 1.6 million years
ago.
SudanCurrency = Pound
Refugees waiting for water – Darfur, Sudan
The capital of Sudan is Khartoum. They have two official languages, Arabic and
English. It is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab World. It is ranked as the second most politically unstable country
in the world.
Sudan's modern history has been plagued by civil wars
stemming from ethnic, religious, and economic conflict between the Muslim Northern Sudanese, and the Christian of Southern
Sudan.
NigeriaCurrency = Nigerian naira (₦) (NGN)
The capital of Nigeria is Abuja. The largest city is Lagos. Nigeria has 4 official languages, English, Hausa,
Igbo, and Yoruba.
Students in Nigeria
Nigeria is the most populated country in
Africa.
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)The capital of DRC is Kinshasa. The official language is French.
An unstable nation, local fighting has killed more than 4 million
people.
Currency - Congolese franc (CDF)
The Congo rainforest is home to the mountain gorilla.
Their economy depends on the diamond industry.
Many laborers only make a dollar a day.
Outline the regions of Africa on your maps.
Lets take a Quiz!
• http://staff.harrisonburg.k12.va.us/~cwalton/mapquizafrica.htm
Created by Debra Harrington
Yeager Middle School2009
References• http://www.swindsor.k12.ct.us/Schools/tems/teachers/swierczynski/sahara_files/SAHARAmap.gi
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