AFRICA'S GEOGRAPHY| QUESTIONS & ANSWERS VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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Sahara - ✔✔Largest desert in the world; located in northern Africa.
Sahel - ✔✔The transition zone between desert and rain forest; has become more of a desert in recent
years; located south of the Sahara and north of the equator.
Savanna - ✔✔Rolling grasslands with scattered trees and shrubs; 4.5 million square miles; covers regions
north and south of the rain forests around the equator.
Tropical Rain Forest - ✔✔The 2nd largest rain forest in the world; 90% has been destroyed because of
deforestation; located in central Africa.
Congo River - ✔✔2nd longest river in Africa; crosses the equator twice; flows through the rain forest in
west central Africa
Niger River - ✔✔principle river of west Africa
Nile River - ✔✔The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the
Mediterranean Sea
Lake Victoria - ✔✔largest lake in Africa; headwaters reservoir for the Nile River; located in Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda
Great Rift Valley - ✔✔Dip in the Earths surface that was caused by separating tectonic plates;
surrounded by highlands; located in eastern Africa.
Mt. Kilimanjaro - ✔✔The highest mountain in Africa; 19,340 feet above sea level; located in Tanzania,
eastern Africa.
100%|GRADE A+|LATEST 2024/2025
Sahara - ✔✔Largest desert in the world; located in northern Africa.
Sahel - ✔✔The transition zone between desert and rain forest; has become more of a desert in recent
years; located south of the Sahara and north of the equator.
Savanna - ✔✔Rolling grasslands with scattered trees and shrubs; 4.5 million square miles; covers regions
north and south of the rain forests around the equator.
Tropical Rain Forest - ✔✔The 2nd largest rain forest in the world; 90% has been destroyed because of
deforestation; located in central Africa.
Congo River - ✔✔2nd longest river in Africa; crosses the equator twice; flows through the rain forest in
west central Africa
Niger River - ✔✔principle river of west Africa
Nile River - ✔✔The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the
Mediterranean Sea
Lake Victoria - ✔✔largest lake in Africa; headwaters reservoir for the Nile River; located in Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda
Great Rift Valley - ✔✔Dip in the Earths surface that was caused by separating tectonic plates;
surrounded by highlands; located in eastern Africa.
Mt. Kilimanjaro - ✔✔The highest mountain in Africa; 19,340 feet above sea level; located in Tanzania,
eastern Africa.
