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Physical Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
Physical Processes
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Great Rift Valley
• Continuous trench that runs from Southwest Asia (Syria) to southeast Africa (Mozambique).
• Caused by tectonic forces –divergent plate boundaries splitting the African plate.
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Mount Kilimanjaro
• A dormant volcano, highest peak in Africa
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Congo Basin
• Tropical rainforest located in central Africa
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Serengeti
• Wildebeest crossing, located in Tanzania and Kenya
• Huge savanna- a tropical or subtropical grassland
• “Endless Plain”, large diversity of plants and animals
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Lake Victoria
• Largest lake in Africa, largest tropical lake in the world, and second largest fresh water lake in the world
• Formed from a depression in a late ice age, then later formed when westward-flowing rivers were dammed by an upthrown crustal block about 400,000 years ago, primarily filled today through precipitation
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Ethiopian Highlands
• Rugged mass of mountains, Ethiopia, Somalia, Horn of Africa.
• Large plateau, created by tectonic forces 75 million years ago
• Temperate climate due to its location
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Kalahari Desert
• Large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa
• Covers Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa
• Formed due to continentiality
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Namib Desert
• Coastal desert in southern Africa, Nambia, Angola, South Africa,
• Oldest desert in the world, almost totally uninhabited.
• Formed due to effects of ocean currents preventing the formation of clouds, mountains, and hot air from the east
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