Africa 1
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Africa
Largest desert- Sahara
Can you find the desert and the mountain range?
Mountain Range in NW Africa
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Located in Tanzania
Africa’s Largest Lake- Victoria
World’s longest River- The Nile
2nd largest river: The Congo
Also Called Zaire River
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African Definitions
Savanna
Definition: grassland with scattered trees or an open canopy of trees.
Plateau
Plateau: a high plain or tableland
steppe
Steppe: grassland plains without trees
wadi
Wadi: A valley, gully, or streambed in northern Africa that remains dry except during the rainy season
cataract
Cataract: the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones protruding out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets creating small or large waterfalls.
delta
Delta: a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river where that river flows into an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
Tropical Rain Forest
Tropical Rain Forest: Tropic rain forests are tropical moist forests of plants that receive over 100 inches of rain a year.
Jungle
Jungle: thick growth of plants found on the forest floor in tropical rain forests.
Bedouins
Bedouins: Nomadic Arabs living in desert areas with their flocks.
cape
Cape: a point of land that juts out into the water.
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