Features of Africa

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Kalahari Desert

Desert in southern Africa

Adamaoua highlands

Extends along the northwest border of cameroon

Niger River

Flows from Mali, niger, and Nigeria

Zambezi River

Flows from Shaba plateau south then east from Zambia

Zaire river

Flows from the Shaba plateau north and through most of the country zaire

Orange river

Flows west through South Africa to the Atlantic coast

Ethiopian Highlands

Group of mountains and plateaus in ethiopia

Drakensberg

High chain of mountains hat is located in Lesotho, Swaziland, and southeastern south africa

Mitumba Mountains

Lie to the east of the Shaba and along the west side of lake tanganyika

Lake chad

Located 12°N and 14°E

Lake Nyasa

Located 12°S and 34°E

Lake Victoria

Located 2°S and 33°E

Lake Tanganyika

Located 7°S and 30°E

Shaba plateau

Mountains and plateaus in southern Zaire, northeastern Angola, and northern zambia

Gulf of Aden

North of Somalia meeting the red sea

Gulf of Guinea

Off the coast of Nigeria, Benin, and camerooon

Tibesti Mountains

One of the mountainous regions located in northern chad

Ahaggar Mountains

One of the mountainous regions located in southeastern Algeria

El djouf

Sandy region of Western Sahara in Mauritania is called

Libyan Desert

Section of eastern Sahara located in Easter Libya and western Egypt is called

Atlas Mountains

Series of mountain ranges stretching from Morocco to Northern algeria

Sahel

South of Sahara in parts of Mali, niger, and chad is

Mozambique Channel

The channel that separates Mozambique and Madagascar

Namib Desert

The desert found along the coast of atlantic of namibia

Sahara Desert

The largest desert or groups of deserts extending from Mauritania to Egypt is

Indian ocean

The ocean that meets the Red Sea is called

Senegal River

The river that flows from Mali west to the country of senegal

Mediterranean Sea

The sea that is located in northern africa

Red sea

The sea that lies east of Egypt and Sudan is called the

Nile River

longest river in the world


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