GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF AFRICA

THE SAHARA DESERT

• It is also referred to as "the Great Desert"
• It's the world's hottest desert and the third largest desert
• It is over 3,600,000 sq. miles and covers most of North Africa
• Some of the sand dunes can reach 590 ft tall

LAKE CHAD

• It is a historically large, shallow, endorehiec lake west of Chad
• It has shrunken as much as 95% from 1963-1998 but has shown significant improvements recently
• The lake provides water to move to more than 30 million people
• It's the largest lake in the Chad Basin

THE ORANGE RIVER

• It's also known as the Gariep River, the Groote River or the Senqu River
• It is the longest river in South Africa
• It provides water for irrigation and hydroelectric power for South Africa
• The river is 1,367 miles in length

THE NAMIB DESERT

• It is a coastal desert located in South Africa
• The word Namib means "vast place"
• It stretches over 1,200 miles along the Atlantic coast
• The highest point is Brandberg MountIn which is 8,550 ft above elevation

THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS

• This mountain range is located on the northwestern side of Africa
• It stretches around 1,600 miles
• The highest point is Toubkal with the elevation of 13,672 ft
• The mountains are home to many unique plants and animals

THE NILE RIVER

• It's the longest river in the world at 4,258 miles long
• It has two major tributaries-the White Nile and the Blue Nile
• The northern section flows through mostly desert
• It ends in a large delta that emptied into the Mediterranean Sea

THE HORN OF AFRICA

• It is a peninsula in a East Africa
• It covers about 770,000 sq. miles of land
• The area is inhabited by about 1 million people
• Some countries in the Horn of Africa are Sudan, Djibouti! and Somalia

THE GULF OF GUINEA

• It is located in the Arabian Sea
• It connects with the Red Sea
• It's parts of the Suez Canal
• It is also known as "Pirate Alley" due to the large amounts of pirate activity