WorksheetsAfrica's 8 Geographic Zones
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 6mins
This region contains the world's largest hot desert; makes up 25% of the continent
Sahel
Savanna
Sahara
Ethiopian Highlands
This region contains ancient bedrock, including the Drakensberg Range.
Ethiopian Highlands
African Great Lakes
Savanna
Southern Africa
This region has semi-arid land which is considered a "border" to the desert. It has vegetation due to a short rainy season.
Sahel
Rain Forest
Swahili Coast
Sahara
This region covers Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, and Northern Chad. Arid region with very little precipitation.
Sahel
Ethiopian Highlands
Savanna
Sahara
This region contains nine countries which surround the Great Rift Valley. Large, deep lakes have formed in deep fissures (cracks) in the Earth's crust.
Ethiopian Highlands
African Great Lakes
Sothern Africa
Ethiopian Highlands
Home to the Cape Floral Region, home to one of the richest areas for plants IN THE WORLD!
African Great Lakes
Rain Forest
Southern Africa
Savanna
This region is dying because of drought, deforestation, and intensive agriculture. One day it will fall to desertification.
Sahara
Sahel
Savanna
Tropical Rainforest
Oases, which are water sources, come from underground springs or wells. About 75% of the population of this region lives near oases!
Sahel
Rainforest
Swhaili Coast
Sahara
This region stretches along the (Eastern) side of Africa along the Indian Ocean, from Somalia to Mozambique. Mangrove forests are common vegetation here.
Rain Forest
Swahili Coast
Ethiopian Highlands
Southern Africa
This region is natural areas have been destroyed by development, agriculture, and forestry. Most of it it is located in Central Africa.
Rainforest
Southern Africa
Sahel
Savanna
AHHHHHH!!! The Driver Ant is the most aggressive species in this region. They move along the "floor" of this region and will eat anything!
Sahara
Rainforest
Southern Africa
Swahili Coast
This region is home to the Drakensberg Range in Lesotho. It is the farthest below the Equator of all of the African regions!
Southern Africa
African Great Lakes
Savanna
Rainforest
This region is home to Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake
Ethiopian Highlands
Southern Africa
Sahara
African Great Lakes
Coral reefs and barrier islands protect this region from severe weather.
Ethiopian Highlands
Swahili Coast
Rainforest
Southern Africa
This region was created from ancient volcanoes. This has made it home to 80% of Africa's tallest mountains!
Southern Africa
Ethiopian Highlands
Sahel
Rainforest
This region covers HALF of Africa! Wildebeest help keep the ecosystem going by tramling, eating, and "fertilizing" the grasses.
Savanna
Sahel
Rainforest
Sahara
This region is home to the Serengeti, which is a plain stretching over 11,000 miles from Kenya to Tanzania.
African Great Lakes
Sahel
Ethiopian Highlands
Savanna
