Africa History and Physical Geography

This river basin covers 12% of the continent and is the second largest such region on earth, only behind the Amazon:

• Congo River Basin

• Nile River Basin

• Niger River Basin

• Zambezi Basin

This is the tallest mountain in Africa, located in Tanzania

• Mt Kilimanjaro

• Table Top Mountain

• Mt Kibo

• Mt . Kenya

This desert like region is a belt of semiarid grasslands in West Africa that is slowly shrinking in size due to drought and deforestation.

• Sahel

• Sahel

• Kalahari

• Kibo

This South African desert whose name means "Great Thirst" is home to San Bushman, an indigenous group that has lived in the region for 20,000 years

• Kalahari

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Gobi

This is a 4,000 mile crack in the Earth's crust that features some of Earth's deepest lakes, but also plateaus like Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Great Rift Valley

• San Andreas Fault

• Nile Rift Valley

• Sahel Rift Valley

This is the largest lake in Africa, and the main source of today's Nile river

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Superior

• Lake Sudan

• Uganda Lake

These are diamonds mined in war zones

• Blood Diamonds

• Conflict Diamons

• Blue Diamonds

• Viper Diamonds

These are steppe cliffs throughout South and East Africa, often forming deep curves.

• Escarpment

• Rift Valleys

• Table Top Mountains

• Kibos

Which physical landform does the picture show?

• the Atlas Mountains
• the Great Rift Valley
• the Congo Rainforest
• the Horn of Africa

Which African biome best matches the picture?

• Forest
• Savanna
• Desert
• Rainforest