Africa's Geography Vocabulary

Forms the Southern border of Egypt

• Sahara

• South Africa

• Sahel

• Sudan

World's largest hot desert and covers most of Northern Africa.

• Savanna

• Sahara

• Sahel

• Kenya

The principal river of Western Africa, five West African nations depend on it for their water.

• Lake Victoria

• Niger River

• Nile River

• Congo River

Touches Lake Victoria and borders Ethiopia and Somalia.

• Egypt

• Kenya

• Sahara

• Savanna

The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

• Niger River

• Desertification

• Lake Victoria

• Great Rift Valley

Makes up Southern most tip of Africa.

• Congo River

• South Africa

• Kalahari Desert

• Sudan

The cutting down of tress, logging, and agriculture.

• Deforestation

• South Africa

• Lake Victoria

• Desertification

An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes.

• Savanna

• Sahara

• Kenya

• Nigeria

A river in Central Africa and is the second-largest in Africa.

• Niger River

• Lake Victoria

• Congo River

• Nile River

The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea.

• Nile River

• Niger River

• Lake Victoria

• Congo River