Africa environments vocabulary

Match the following

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

• Lake Tanganyika

• The major river of West Africa

• Zambezi River

• longest river in the world

• Niger River

• central Africa

• Congo River

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

• Nile River

Match the following

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

• Lake Victoria

• Africa's longest mountain range

• Kalahari Desert

• the highest peak in Africa

• Sahara Desert

• Large desert in SOUTHERN Africa

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• largest lake in Africa

• Atlas Mountains

Match the following

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

• Sahel

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

• Desertification

• An area of grassland with scattered trees and bushes

• Savanna

• the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert

• Great Rift Valley

• the largest rift in the earth's surface

• tropical rainforest

Match the following

• the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert

• Desertification

• Water that contains dirt and impurities.

• water pollution

• the destruction of forest land

• deforestation

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

• dirty water

Match the following

• the destruction of forest land

• deforestation

• The major river of West Africa

• Desertification

• the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert

• Niger River

• central Africa

• Nile River

• longest river in the world

• Congo River