WEST AFRICA

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• Niger
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Togo
• Nigeria

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Rainforest
• River
• Lake
• Mountain
• Desert, Gulf

KAKUM NATIONAL PARK

• Only park in Africa with canopy walk
• 266 species of birds

SÉNÉGAL RIVER

• Forms the border between Sengal and Mauritanian
• 1,112 miles long

MOUNT EMI KOUSSI

• Volcano
• Highest mountain in Chad and Sahara
• Elevation is 11,302 ft

GULF OF GUINEA

• Off the coast of Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana
• Major tribuatries are the Volta and Niger River

TÉNÉRÉ

• Was a seafloor, then a tropical forest, now a desert
• Major dinosaur cemetry
• Located in Niger and Chad

GOLA RAINFOREST NATIONAL PARK

• Largest area of low land rainforest in Sierra Leone
• Home to pygmy hippo
• One of the most important sites for threatened wild life

LAKE CHAD

• Shrank up to 95% between 1963 and 1998
• Goes up to 34 ft deep
• 44 species of algae

MOUNT NIMBA

• Niger and Senegal River start in this mountain
• 5,748 ft in elevation

NIGER RIVER

• Extends 2,600 miles
• Third longest river in Africa

LAKE VOLTA

• Largest resevoure by surface area in the world
• Fourth largest resevoure by water volume