Africa: Physical Geography/NewsELA

Ocean that lies west of Africa

• Pacific Ocean

• Red Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

Ocean that lies east of Africa

• Pacific Ocean

• Read Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

Africa is the

• 2nd largest continent in the world

• 3rd largest continent in the world

• 2nd largest country in the world

• largest country in the world

Africa is divided almost equally in half by this.

• the border to Asia

• the Indian Ocean

• the Mason-Dixon line

• the equator

Sand dunes that stretch hundreds of kilometers, contain lots of salt, are over 1,000 feet tall.

• Uggs

• ergs

• volcanoes

• cliffs

Plains made up of sand and red, black, or white gravel,take up 70% of the Sahara Desert, andare remains of ancient riverbeds and seabeds

• regs

• fields

• savannas

• craters

Giant shelves of rock and stone reaching 11,000 feet, and include Atlas Mountains, Tibesti Mountains, Ahaggar Mountains.

• hamadas

• sahel

• oasis

• savannas

A hub of water in the desert often created by springs, wells, or irrigation.

• sahel

• oasis

• hamadas

• Amazon River

A narrow band of semi-arid land that forms a transition zone between the Sahara in the north and the savannas in the south.

• sahel

• hamadas

• oasis

• savanna

The world's largest hot desert, covers 3.3 million square miles, and is about the size of Brazil.

• Antarctica

• Kalahari Desert

• Mohave Desert

• Sahara Desert