Africa Geography

Mountains in North Western Africa

• Atlas Mountains

• Alps

• Ural Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

Largest desert in the world; located in northern Africa

• Kalahari

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Nile

A desert in Southern Africa

• Kalahari

• Sahara

• Gobi

• Atlas

river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times

• Tigris

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Niger

River in East Africa; longest in the world

• Tigris

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Niger

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Niger River

This body of water separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa.

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Red Sea

• Nile River

Body of water west of Africa

• Mediterranean Sea

• Red Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

Mali trading city that became a center of wealth and learning

• Djenne

• Mali

• Timbuktu

• Mecca

one of the first major West Africa Trade cities

• Djenne

• Timbuktu

• Mecca

• Arabia