Africa Physical Geography

Most of the land of Africa South of the Sahara consists of 

• Rich, rolling plains
• High plateaus
• Rugged mountains
• Dry, flat desert

Which physical feature is located in East Africa? 

• Great Rift Valley 
• Congo Basin
• Cape of Good Hope 
• Sahara 

The Great Rift Valley was formed mainly by 

• Shifting tectonic plates 
• Seawater erosion
• Nile River flooding
• Large meteor 

What creates waterfalls on many African rivers?

• Volcanoes
• Earthquakes
• Escarpments
• Terminal moraines 

a region where tall grasses grow

• savanna
• sahel
• sahara
• rain forest

a narrow strip of semi-arid land south of the Sahara in Africa

• Sahara
• Sahel
• Savanna
• Rain Forest

a change from productive land to desert

• deforestation
• desertification
• harmattan
• oasis

Which body of water is indicated by the red star?

• Congo River

• Niger River

• Nile River

• Euphrates River

Which body of water is indicated by the red star?

• Nile River

• Tigris River

• Congo River

• Niger River

Which physical feature is indicated by the red star?

• Sahel

• savanna

• tropical rainforest

• Kalahari Desert