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Africa Geography
This is for the quiz on Friday for history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the strip of dry grassland on the southern border of the Sahara Desert? | Sahel |
| What s the mountainous region located near the horn of East Africa? | Ethiopian Highlands |
| What is the tallest mountain in Africa? | Mount Kilimanjaro |
| What is Africa's largest lake? | Lake Victoria |
| What is the largest river in Africa? | The Nile |
| What extensive rainforest covers a large part of central Africa and is almost completely surrounded by mountains? | The Congo Basin |
| What is the largest desert in southern Africa? | Kalahari Desert |
| What is the major river in western Africa that empties into the Gulf of Guinea? | Niger River |
| What is the enormous desert that stretches across North Africa? | The Sahara Desert |
| What is the mountain range in northwestern Africa? | The Atlas Mountains |
| What is the largest river flowing through the Congo Basin and emptying into the Atlantic? | The Congo River |
| What ocean lies east of Africa? | Indian Ocean |
| What is the broad, level area of land that is located in the north central Tanzania and extends east of the southeastern shore of Lake Victoria? | Serengeti Plain |
| What island is located about 240 miles off the southeastern coast of Africa? | Madagascar |
| What ocean lies west of Africa? | Atlantic Ocean |
| What is the large body of water that separates Africa from Europe? | The Mediterranean Sea |
| What is the sea that is actually an arm of the Indian Ocean and extends north west between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula? | The Red Sea |