Africa Physical Features

Flat and rolling grasslands across central and southern Africa

• Savanna

• Sahel

• Sahara

a steep cliff at the edge of a plateau with a lowland area below

• Escarpment

• Landlocked

• Thatch

• Reservoir

What is the driest region in South Africa?

• Namib Desert

• Sahara Desert

• Atacama Desert

The steep face at the edge of a plateau, or other raised area

• Escarpment

• Veld

• Savanna

• Desert

Open grasslands in Southern Africa are known as...

• pans

• veld

• sahel

• mountains

Read the FALSE statement. Replace the underlined word with one that makes the sentence TRUE.

The open grasslands of South Africa are known as the escarpment.

• Inyanga

• Kalahar

• Madagascar

• Okavango

• veld

What is the name of the country that is colored orange?

• Namibia

• Zambia

• Botswana

• South Africa

Vegetation in the Sahara is limited to areas around oases, riverbeds, and the highlands.

• True

• False

...............is the tallest mountain in Africa.

• Kilimajnaro

• Everest

What is the largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile River?

• Victoria Falls

• Lake Victoria