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African States
Africa
Question | Answer |
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5 Regions | north, south, east, west, central |
topography | physical features of an area |
great riff valey | valley that runs 4,000 miles from Ethiopia to Mozambique |
mountains in Africa | atlas mountains, mount Kilimanjaro, Drakensberg |
rivers in Africa | nile, zambezi, niger |
largest mountain in Africa | mount kilimanjaro |
largest waterfall | zambezi |
difficulty with rivers in Africa | many cataracts |
cataracts | mini waterfalls that make trade difficult |
tropical rainforests | hot and humid with rain; leeching; deforestation; disease |
leeching | when heavy rainfall washes the nutrients from the soil |