Toto: Africa Video

List Three Things you

can Infer about the

Physical Geography of

Africa from the Toto

Song: Africa

Think about the things

that are shown in the

video and the things

that he sings about!

Note Strategy

• Take Notes when you see

• If there is no

pay attention and gain subject

comprehension

Note Strategy

A Satellite View

Africa’s Size

# Second largest continent → 11,700,000 sq. mi.

# 10% of the world’s population.

# Approx 3.5 times the size of the U. S.

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Nile River

Zambezi River

Orange River

Limpopo River

Mediterranean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

L. Victoria

L. Albert-->

L. Chad-->

L. Tanganyika->

The Mighty Nile River:“Longest River in the World”

The Nile River is the

Longest River in the

world!!!! What is the

largest river in the

world????

Amazon

River

The Congo River Basin

# Covers 12% of thecontinent.

# Extends over 9countries.

# 2,720 miles long.

# 99% of the countryof Congo is in theCongo River basin.

The Niger River Basin

# Covers 7.5% of the continent.

# Extends over 10 countries.

# 2,600 miles long.

Hydroelectric Power

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria is the

second largest

freshwater lake in the

world!!!! What is the

largest freshwater lake

in the world????

LAKE

SUPERIOR

Africa Physical Geo Overview

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_bJxi-

75RU

A Satellite View

Why is the central

portion of Africa

extremely green?

Δ Mt. Kenya

Δ Mt. Kilimanjaro

Mountains

&

Peaks

The African Plateau

Mt. Kilimanjaro:Snow on the Equator?

Mt. Kilimanjaro

# Tallest Mountain in Africa.

# Dormant Volcano (Last eruption 200 years ago)

# Snow Caps diminished by 80 percent since 1912

# 20 years ice/snow will be gone

19,341

feet

Deserts Sahara Desert

Sahel

Libyan Desert

The Sahara Desert

The Sahara Desert

# Largest desert in world Covers 10% of Africa

# Nile River is only permanent river in the Sahara

# Inhabitants are nomadic

Desertification

Valleys

&

Plains

Great Rift Valley

3,000 miles long

Seismic Activity in Africa

Africa:

The“Tropical”Continent

Tropic of Cancer

23.5° N

Tropic of Capricorn

23.5° S

Equator 0°

African Trade Winds

West Africa: Home of our Hurricanes

Vegetation Zones

The African Savannah:13 million sq. mi.

African Rain Forest

# Annual rainfall of up to 17 ft.

# Rapid decomposition (very humid).

# Covers 37 countries.

# 15% of the land surface of Africa.

The

Complete

Topography

Of

AFRICA

Nile River

Zambezi River

Orange River

Limpopo River

Mediterranean Sea

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Indian

Ocean

L. Victoria

L. Albert-->

L. Chad-->

L. Tanganyika->

Δ Mt. Kenya

Δ Mt. Kilimanjaro

Sahara Desert

Sahel

Libyan DesertTropic of Cancer

20° N

Tropic of Capricorn

20° S

Equator 0°

Natural Resources

How Geography Doomed Africa

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AQZT

W1ua3g

If you lived in

Africa, which region

would you want to

live in? WHY?