Ms. Susan M. Pojer
Horace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY
A Satellite View
Africa’s Size
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# Second largest continent  11,700,000 sq. mi.
# 10% of the world’s population.
# 2 ½ times the size of the U. S.
Mediterranean Sea
Bodies
Nile River
Of
L. Chad-->
Water
L. Albert-->
L. Victoria
L. Tanganyika->
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Zambezi River
Limpopo River
Orange River
Pacific Ocean
The Mighty Nile River:
“Longest River in the World”
The Congo River Basin
# Covers 12% of the
continent.
# Extends over 9
countries.
# 2,720 miles long.
# 99% of the country
of Zaire is in the
Congo River basin.
Hydroelectric Power
Mountains
&
Peaks
Δ Mt. Kenya
Δ Mt. Kilimanjaro
Libyan Desert
Deserts
Sahara Desert
Sahel
The Sahara Desert
Desertification
The Sahel
Valleys
&
Plains
Great Rift Valley
3,000 miles long
Vegetation Zones
The African Savannah:
13 million sq. mi.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc
DFcc
African Rain Forest
# Annual rainfall of up to 17 ft.
# Rapid decomposition (very humid).
# Covers 37 countries but is mostly found in the
Congo River basin on the Atlantic Ocean side of the
continent.
# 15% of the land surface of Africa.
Mt. Kilimanjaro:
Snow on the Equator?
Mt Kilimanjaro facts…
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Mediterranean Sea
The
Libyan Desert
Tropic of Cancer
20° N
Sahara Desert
Complete
Topography
Sahel
Nile River
L. Chad-->
Equator 0°
L. Albert-->
Δ Mt. Kenya
L. Victoria
Of
AFRICA
Δ Mt. Kilimanjaro
L. Tanganyika->
Indian
Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Zambezi River
Tropic of Capricorn
20° S
Limpopo River
Orange River
Pacific Ocean
Horn Of Africa…
– ERITREA. SAUDI ARABIA. YEMEN. DJIBOUTI. E T H I
O P I A. SOMALIA. KENYA. UGANDA. UNITED
REPUBLIC OF. TANZANIA. SUDAN.
– Google Image Result for
http://www.mapsofworld.com/africa-countrygroupings/horn-of-africa-political-map.jpg
– In recent decades, the Horn of Africa has been a
region continuously in crisis. Often stricken by
natural catastrophes like droughts or flooding, the
region has some of the highest levels of malnutrition
and seems to always be on the brink of a
humanitarian crisis. Between 1982 & 1992 about 2
million people in the Horn of Africa died as a result of
war and famine.
• the region is regularly stricken by natu