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Rift Valley	a large crack in the earth's surface formed by shifting tectonic plates
The Great Rift Valley	stretches from Syria in Southwest Asia to Mozambique in the southeastern part of Africa
escarpment	steep, often jagged slopes or cliffs, most escarpments are located less than 20 miles from the coast
cataracts	towering waterfalls
estuary	a passage where freshwater from a river meets sea water.
Ruwenzori Mountains	divide Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Covered with snow and cloaked in clouds, these mountains are also called the Mountains of the Moon
Drakensberg Range	part of the Cape Mountains, rise to 11,000 feet and form an escarpment
Lake Victoria	largest lake in Africa lies between the eastern and western branches of the Great Rift Valley.
Lake Volta	is in West Africa is one of the largest man made lakes in the world. It was created in the 1960s by damming the Volta River south of Ajena, Ghana
The Niger River	means "Great River" it is the main artery in western Africa. It is 2,600 miles long.
The Zambezi River	is 2,200 miles long. It starts on the border of Zambia and Angola and heads to the Indian ocean. It is interrupted by Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls	is on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, it is twice the height of Niagara Falls
Pula	a Botswana word for rain
leach	heavy rains in the tropical rainforest dissolve or carry away nutrients from the soil
savanna	tropical grassland with scaterred trees
harmattan	hot dry winds from the Sahara
Serengeti plain	one of the world's largest savanna plains
Sahel	means shore or edge in arabic. It is a band of dry land just below the Sahara
desertification	a process by which productive land turns into desert following the destruction of vegetation.
Namib desert	runs along the coast of the Atlantic in Namibia
Kalahari desert	occupies eastern Namibia, most of Botswana and part of South Africa