Earth Science 7 Africa 4

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Africa

Countries:

   Algeria
   Angola
   Benin
   Botswana
   Burkina Faso
   Burundi
   Cameroon
   Canary Islands
   Cape Verde
   Central African Republic
   Ceuta
   Chad
   Comoros
   Côte d'Ivoire
   Democratic Republic of the Congo
   Djibouti
   Egypt
   Equatorial Guinea
   Eritrea
   Ethiopia
   Gabon
   Gambia
   Ghana
   Guinea
   Guinea-Bissau
   Kenya
   Lesotho
   Liberia
   Libya
   Madagascar
   Madeira
   Malawi
   Mali
   Mauritania
   Mauritius
   Mayotte
   Melilla
   Morocco
   Mozambique
   Namibia
   Niger
   Nigeria
   Republic of the Congo
   Réunion
   Rwanda
   Saint Helena
   São Tomé and Príncipe
   Senegal
   Seychelles
   Sierra Leone
   Somalia
   South Africa
   Sudan
   Swaziland
   Tanzania
   Togo
   Tunisia
   Uganda
   Western Sahara
   Zambia
   Zimbabwe


     Latitude Range and Longitude: 
         Range:38°N-34°S; 17°W-49°E
     Elevation Range:
         Highest Spot: Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (19,334 ft)
         Lowest Spot: Lake Assal, Djibouti (-509 ft)
     Large Bodies of Water: 
         Longest River: Nile River 4125 mi.
         Largest Lake: Victoria Lake 26,834 sq. mi
     Major Topographic Features:
         Mountain Ranges: Atlas Mountains, Drakensburg Mountains
         Large Basins:
               The Lake Chad Basin, The Congo Basin, The Niger Basin,The Nile Basin, The Orange Basin,Zambezi Basin
     Bordering Oceans and Seas: 
         Red sea, Mediterranean sea,Arabian sea, Atlantic Ocean, Indian ocean
 "Recent News"
         October: high temp, over 112 degrees Fahrenheit

[1] http://www.enchantedlearning.com/africa/rivers/outlinemaplabeled/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth [3] http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/latslongs.htm [4] http://lasauniversity.tripod.com/water.htm [5] http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_oceans_border_Egypt [6] http://www.hmnet.com/africa/1africa.html