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Earth Science 7-Global Regions Index

Africa

Algeria,

Angola,

Benin,

Botswana,

Burkina Faso,

Burundi,

Cameroon,

Cape Verde,

Central African Republic,

Chad,

Comoros,

Republic of Congo,

Democratic Republic of The Congo,

Cote d'Ivoire,

Djibouti,

Egypt,

Equatorial Guinea,

Eritrea,

Ethiopia,

Gabon,

The Gambia,

Ghana,

Guinea,

Guinea-Bissau,

Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire),

Kenya,

Lesotho,

Liberia,

Libya,

Madagascar,

Malawi,

Mali,

Mauritania,

Mauritius,

Morocco,

Mozambique,

Namibia,

Niger,

Nigeria,

Rwanda,

Sao Tome and Principe,

Senegal,

Seychelles,

Sierra Leone,

Somalia,

South Africa,

Sudan,

Swaziland,

Tanzania,

Togo,

Tunisia,

Uganda,

Zambia,

Zimbabwe,

Latitude/Longitude

Longitude: 37°N - 37°S Latitude: 18°W - 53ºE

Elevation Range

Highest Point: Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 5,895.1368 meters

Lowest Point: Lake Assal, Djibouti 156.0576 meters below sea level

Bodies of Water

Lakes: Chad, Nasser, Tanganyika, Victoria

Rivers: Blue Nile, Congo, Limpopo, Niger, Nile, Orange, Senegal, Volta, White Nile

Seas: Arabian, Mediterranean, Red

Topographic Features

Atlas Mountains

Nambi Desert

Great Rift Valley

Congo River Basin

Kalahari Desert

Ethiopian Highlands

Nubian Desert

Libyan Desert

Ahaggar Mountains

Sahara Desert

Qattara Depression

Jabel Toubkal

Ras Dejen

Emi Koussi

Adamwa Mountains

Cameroon Mountain

Bie Plateau

Namib Desert

Thabana Ntleyana

Margherita Peak

Mount Kenya

Bemaraha Plateau

Jos Plateau

Bordering Oceans

Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean

Climate Zones(Top to Bottom)

-Hot summer, summer dry, warm temperate -Hot arid steppe -cold arid desert -Hot arid desert -Hot arid steppe -

Sources

[1]-Countries in Africa [[2]]- Elevation Range Student Atlas of the World- Topographic Features Google Earth: Water Bodies & Latitude/Longitude