Created by Jeanette Norman
Clayton County Public Schools
*Ideas inspired from Nic Pritchard’s Work*
Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari Desert is an arid region on the interior plateau of southern Africa. The desert covers an area of about
260,000 sq km (100,000 sq mi). The Kalahari is the second biggest Desert in Africa spreading over 100,000 square miles.
Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world, located in located in Northern Africa, and is about 3,500,00
square miles. The Sahara Desert is large and arid. It is located in North Africa and is the largest desert in the world.
Sahel Region
The Sahel is the transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the
Sudan savannas in the south. It stretches across the north of the African
continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea (approximately 2,400
miles) .
Nile River
The Nile River is the longest river in the world, stretching north for approximately 4,000 miles from East Africa to
the Mediterranean. It flows from south to north because it flows down hill, from the high mountains in the middle
of Africa to the Nile delta.
The Nile is the largest River in the world and
ironically enough it flows from north to south, and
is inhabited by alligators, fishing eagles, and many
other species of animals.
Congo River
The Congo River is the second largest river in Africa, stretching over 4,700
miles.
Niger River
The Niger River is the third longest river in Africa, after the Nile and the Congo. It is 2,600 miles (4,200
kilometers) long.
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the
world by volume, and the second deepest, after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is also
the world's longest lake.
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza is the largest lake of Africa. It occupies a
shallow depression between two arms of the Great Rift Valley. It has an irregular
shoreline and many small islands. Numerous streams feed Lake Victoria. The
lake basin is densely populated and intensely cultivated, and the lake is an
important fishery, but fish stocks and diversity have declined due to overfishing.
Savanna
A savanna is a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees,
which can be found between a tropical rainforest and desert biome. Not
enough rain falls on a savanna to support forests. Savannas are also known
as tropical grasslands. They are found in a wide band on either side of the
equator on the edges of tropical rainforests.
Tropical Rain Forest
The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth.
An average of 50 to 260 inches (125 to 660 cm.) of rain falls yearly. Rain
forests belong to the tropical wet climate group.
Atlas Mountains
The Atlas Mountains are a barrier between the Mediterranean basin and the
Sahara Desert. The mountains provide farmland , forests and sheep grazing .
The Atlas Mountains are rich in minerals, especially phosphates, coal, iron, and
oil.