Sub Regions of Africa - Mr. Tredinnick's Class Site · Mount Kilimanjaro 19,341 feet tall (4th...
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Sub Regions of Africa
The Nile, Great Rift Valley, Lake Assal, Mt Kilimanjaro, and the
Interclostine Region, Victoria Falls
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CLIMATES OF AFRICA
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Nile River
►Home to the first African “Civilizations” (c.a. 4000 B.C.E)
►Made up of Blue Nile (east) and White Nile (west), in the Sudan they converge into one
►Starts in Lake Victoria (white) Lake Tana (blue) end in Mediterranean Sea
►Aswan High Dam
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Nile River
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The Great Rift Valley
►Formed by two plates splitting (divergent tectonics)
►Nubian and Somalian Subplates
►Is responsible for the major lakes in Africa as well as mountains and volcanoes in eastern Africa
►Origin of Man
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Lake Assal
►Saltiest (Saline) lake on earth outside Antarctica (34%)
►Can not support Life
►Lowest Point in Africa (-515 feet below sea level)
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Lake Assal
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Mount Kilimanjaro
► 19,341 feet tall (4th largest in World)
►Tallest free standing mountain in the world
► Is actually a Stratovolcanoe (no eruptions recorded)
►Almost every climate type exists on or near the mountain (desert surrounding, snow covered peak)
►Climbing destination
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Mount Kilimanjaro
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Lakes of Africa
►Areas along the rift that have filled in with water
►Also part of water system that reaches from Mediterranean sea to Mozambique
►Core samples have shown that lakes have dried up 3 times
►True Source? (Lake Itasca)
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Lakes of Africa
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Victoria Falls
►Located on Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe
►Largest Waterfall by Area (Height x Width)
►Seasonal (lots of water in wet season, much less during dry) (max 452,000 cu ft per second vs 10,000 cu ft per second)
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Victoria Falls
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Kalahari Desert
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Sahara Desert
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Sahara
►Largest Hot Desert in the world (2nd overall)
►Averages 3in of rain a Year (Chicago’s avg is 33in a year)
►Hottest temp ever recorded on earth 136F El Azizia, Libya
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The Congo
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The Congo Rainforest/River
►2nd Largest River by Volume
►2nd Largest Rainforest
►Contains 70% of Africa’s Plant Cover
►600 tree species, 10,000 Animal Species
►1.5 million square miles