Africa Physical Geography Vocabulary

A sea of sand created by high shifting sand dunes.

• Erg

• Reg

• Wadis

• Blue Nile

A gravel-covered plain in a desert area.

• Reg

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Sudd

Large low areas.

• Depression

• Elevation

• Desertification

• Serengeti

Dry streambeds that fill with water only after rainfall.

• Wadis

• Veld

• Sudd

• Reg

African mountain range north of the Sahara.

• Atlas Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• Ural Mountains

Desert region in northern Africa; world’s largest desert.

• Sahara

• Sahel

• Rainforest

• Depression

A lowland region in northern Egypt.

• Qattara Depression

• Atlas Mountains

• Sahara Desert

• Sahel

World’s longest river; flows into the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt.

• Nile River

• Amazon River

• Mississippi River

• Zambezi River

A narrow waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean

• Strait of Gibraitar

• Strait of Panama

• Strait of Suez

• Strait of Egypt

A region of semiarid climate extending from Senegal to Sudan in Africa.

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Depression

• Basin