Africa Physical map

AFRICA: RELIEF AND WATERS 1ºESO – IES Camilo José Cela

Teacher: Rocío Bautista

Satellite View

African climate

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Vegetation Zones

African Desert

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African Savannah

African Rain Forest

Really humid!!!

15% of the land surface of Africa.

Mt. Kilimanjaro: Snow on the Equator?!?!

CHARACTERISTICS:

It is located between the _________________Sea , ______, the

_________ Ocean & the __________ Ocean.

It is separated from Europe by the ____________________.

It is separated from Asia by the ________ Peninsula and the

______ Sea.

It is the ___rd largest continent ( _____ million km2)

AFRICAN RELIEF:

It is _____ but its average altitude is ______ (750m) due to its

____________ and ___________.

Landforms in Africa:

Plateaus: Bié / Katanga

Old massifs: Ethiopian Highlands / Tibesti Mountains / Ahaggar Mountains

Depressions: Niger, Chad, Congo

Geological Rifts: Rift Valley

Plains

Young mountain ranges: Atlas, Drakensberg Mountains

AFRICAN COASTS:

They have ____ coastal features.

The most important are:

Somali Peninsula (Horn of Africa)

Gulf of Guinea

Gulf of Aden

Cape of Good Hope

Cape of Guardafui

Island of Madagascar.

AFRICAN WATERS:

African rivers are quite ________ depending on where their waters flow to:

The rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean: are _____ and ____________.

Ej: Congo / Niger.

Rivers that flow into the Indian Ocean: are __________.

Ej: Zambeze.

Rivers that flow into the Mediterranean Sea: are _______ and have little

_______, except for the Nile, which is the __________ river in the world. In

this desert area there are ___________ (channels in which rivers flow) that

remain dry most of the year, known as “_______” in Arabic.

There are many lakes in the area of the _______ ________. Ej: Victoria,

Tanganika.

RELIEF

PLA

TEA

US

Katanga

plateau

MO

UN

TAIN

RA

NG

ES

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

PE

AK

S

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

DE

PR

ESSIO

NS Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

DE

SERTS

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

S A H A R A

D E S E R T

VA

LLEY

S

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

S A H A R A

D E S E R T

Great Rift Valley

4.830 km

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COASTS

ISLAN

DS

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

Madeira

Seychelles

Islands

Cape

Verde

Islands

Canary Islands

S A H A R A

D E S E R T

GU

LFS

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

Madeira

Seychelles

Islands

Cape

Verde

Islands

Canary Islands

S A H A R A

D E S E R T

CA

PE

S

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

Canary Islands

Madeira

Seychelles

Islands

Cape

Verde

Islands

Cape Bojador

Cape

Blanc

Cape

Verde

Cape of Good Hope

Cape

Guardafuí

S A H A R A

D E S E R T

PE

NIN

SULA

S Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

Canary Islands

Madeira

Seychelles

Islands

Cape

Verde

Islands

Cape Bojador

Cape

Blanc

Cape

Verde

Cape of Good Hope

Cape

Guardafuí

Sinai

Peninsula S A H A R A

D E S E R T

STRA

ITS

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

Canary Islands

Madeira

Seychelles

Islands

Cape

Verde

Islands

Cape Bojador

Cape

Blanc

Cape

Verde

Cape of Good Hope

Cape

Guardafuí

Sinai

Peninsula S A H A R A

D E S E R T

WATERS

SEA

S & O

CEA

NS

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

Canary Islands

Madeira

Seychelles

Islands

Cape

Verde

Islands

Cape Bojador

Cape

Blanc

Cape

Verde

Cape of Good Hope

Cape

Guardafuí

Sinai

Peninsula

A T L A N T I C

O C E A N

I N D I A N

O C E A N

S A H A R A

D E S E R T

RIV

ERS

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

Canary Islands

Madeira

Seychelles

Islands

Cape

Verde

Islands

Cape Bojador

Cape

Blanc

Cape

Verde

Cape of Good Hope

Cape

Guardafuí

Sinai

Peninsula

A T L A N T I C

O C E A N

I N D I A N

O C E A N

S A H A R A

D E S E R T

LAK

ES

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

Canary Islands

Madeira

Seychelles

Islands

Cape

Verde

Islands

Cape Bojador

Cape

Blanc

Cape

Verde

Cape of Good Hope

Cape

Guardafuí

Sinai

Peninsula

A T L A N T I C

O C E A N

I N D I A N

O C E A N

Lake Chad

Lake

Victoria

Lake Tanganika

Lake

Malawi

S A H A R A

D E S E R T

OTH

ER

S

Katanga

plateau

Ahaggar

Mts.

Tibesti

Mts.

Marra

Mts.

Ethiopian

Highlands

Mt. Kenya

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Chad

basin

Congo

basin

Kalahar i

Desert

Canary Islands

Madeira

Seychelles

Islands

Cape

Verde

Islands

Cape Bojador

Cape

Blanc

Cape

Verde

Cape of Good Hope

Cape

Guardafuí

Sinai

Peninsula

A T L A N T I C

O C E A N

I N D I A N

O C E A N

Lake Chad

Lake

Victoria

Lake Tanganika

Lake

Malawi

Victoria Falls

S A H A R A

D E S E R T

Victoria Falls in the Zambeze river

Devil’s pool in the Victoria Falls

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