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Page 1: The Shape of the Land A Vast Continent. Location: Straddles the equator (almost cutting it in half) making much of it in the tropics; two major oceans;

The Shape of the Land

• A Vast Continent

Page 2: The Shape of the Land A Vast Continent. Location: Straddles the equator (almost cutting it in half) making much of it in the tropics; two major oceans;

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• Location: Straddles the equator (almost cutting it in half) making much of it in the tropics; two major oceans; center of trade (changed due to Suez Canal)

Page 4: The Shape of the Land A Vast Continent. Location: Straddles the equator (almost cutting it in half) making much of it in the tropics; two major oceans;

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• Regions: book says north, west, east, central and south:

• North Africa – most closely associated

with Middle East

• Sub-Sahara – south of the Sahara,

HIV/AIDS a huge problem

• West Africa

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Landforms

• Plateaus: most of the continent is a series of these; 367 ft vs. 7,000 ft

• escarpments (steep cliffs) formed by rivers cutting through;

• Great Rift Valley: giant fault in eastern part of the continent p. 61

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Rivers

• Hydroelectric Power – energy created by moving water; important resource

• The Nile: 4,000 miles making it longest in the world; earliest civilizations; Aswan Dam created Lake Nasser to help with flood issues and power.

• • Other Key Rivers: Congo, Niger, Zambezi

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Natural Resources

• Mineral Exports: diamonds –where?, copper, oil in the Sahara, etc.

• Uneven Distribution: some have much, some have little

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AFRICA!AFRICA!

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Atlas Mountains

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Drakensberg Mountainsduring our Winter

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Drakensberg Mountains Winter (which is our Summer )

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Mt. Kenya

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Mt.Kilimanjaro

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The Great Rift Valley

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Nile River Egypt

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Nile River in Uganda

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Lake Nasser

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Niger River

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Zambezi River

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Zambezi at Victoria Falls

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Congo River

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Lake Chad

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2007 Lake Chad “shows slight recovery”

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Lake Victoria

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Lake Tanganyika

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Sahara Desert SAHARA DESERT

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Kalahari Desert

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Namib Desert

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Suez CanalSuez Canal

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SUEZ CanalSUEZ Canal

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