Africa environments vocabulary

Match the following

• longest river in the world

• Congo River

• A river in Central and Southern Africa that flows into the Indian Ocean.

• Zambezi River

• The major river of West Africa

• Niger River

• central Africa

• Lake Tanganyika

• One of the deepest and longest freshwater lakes in the world; located in East Africa

• Nile River

Match the following

• the highest peak in Africa

• Kalahari Desert

• largest lake in Africa

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Large desert in SOUTHERN Africa

• Sahara Desert

• Africa's longest mountain range

• Atlas Mountains

• the largest desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa

• Lake Victoria

Match the following

• a strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas

• Savanna

• An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes

• Sahel

• the largest rift in the earth's surface

• Desertification

• a broadleaf evergreen forest found in wet and hot regions near the equator.

• tropical rainforest

• the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert

• Great Rift Valley

Match the following

• Water that contains dirt and impurities.

• water pollution

• the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert

• deforestation

• The contamination of streams, rivers, lakes, oceans, or groundwater with substances produced through

• Desertification

• the destruction of forest land

• dirty water

Match the following

• longest river in the world

• deforestation

• The major river of West Africa

• Congo River

• the destruction of forest land

• Niger River

• the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert

• Nile River

• central Africa

• Desertification