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Africa Unit Review

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Atlas Mountain Range   A group of mountains that separate the coastal regions from the great Sahara Desert.  
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Sahara Desert   Runs across the width of northern Afica  
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Sahel   Dry, semi-arid region that is slowly turning into desert.  
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Savanna   Vast area of grassland found in the middle of the continent.  
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Tropical Rain forests   Areas of hot,humid climates and dense forests with trees hundreds of feet tall  
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Kalahari Desert   Great desert located in southern Africa,  
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Nile River   Longest river in the world. Begins in central Africa. Flows north to the Mediterranean Sea  
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Congo River   River that begins in central Africa and flows through the rain forest to the Atlantic Ocean  
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Lake Tanganyika   One of the world's largest freshwater lakes in the world. Also one of the deepest lakes in the world.  
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Niger River   Third largest river in Africa. Flows from Guinea to the "Oil Delta"  
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Aswan High Dam   Allowed Egypt to have year-round irrigation so farmers can grow crops  
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Deforestation   The destruction of trees and other vegetation.  
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Droughts   Periods of little rainfall  
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Desertification   the process of the desert expanding into areas that had formerly been farmland  
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Green Line   The place where cultivated land ends and the desert begins  
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