AFRICA GEOLOGICAL FEATURES

SAHEL

• The Sahel spans 5,400 km from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east.
• It covers an area of 3,053,200 square kilometers.
• It is a transitional ecoregion of semi-arid grasslands, savannas, steppes, and thorn shrublands.
• The topography of the Sahel is mainly flat.

WHITE NILE

• The White Nile is a river of Africa, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile from Egypt.
• In the strict meaning, "White Nile" refers to the river formed at Lake No.
• The source of the Nile can be considered to be either the Ruvyironza, or the Nyabarongo.
• The term White Nile refers to the approximately 3,700 kilometres of rivers draining from Lake Victoria.

GREAT RIFT VALLEY

• The Great Rift Valley as originally described was thought to extend from Lebanon in the north to Mozambique in the south.
• The River Jordan begins here and flows southward through Lake Hula into the Sea of Galilee in Israel.
• The East African rift has two branches, the Western Rift Valley and the Eastern Rift Valley.
• The Western Rift, also called the Albertine Rift, is edged by some of the highest mountains in Africa.

LAKE VICTORIA

• Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes.
• With a surface area of 68,800 square kilometres, Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake by area.
• It is also the largest tropical lake in the world.
• Lake Victoria occupies a shallow depression in Africa and has a maximum depth of 84 m and an average depth of 40 m.

CANARY ISLANDS

• The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa.
• The archipelago's important natural attractions make it a major tourist destination with over 12 million visitors.
• Tenerife is the most populous island, and also the largest island of the archipelago.
• The islands form the Macaronesia ecoregion with the Azores, Cape Verde, Madeira, and the Savage Isles.

ATLAS MOUNTAINS

• The mountains have been home to a number of plant and animal species unique in Africa.
• The highest peak is Toubkal, with an elevation of 4,165 metres in southwestern Morocco.
• The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert.
• The population of the Atlas Mountains is mainly Berbers.