African Geography Word Scramble
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| Lake Tanganyika | one of the deepest and longest freshwater lakes in the world |
| leach | where heavy rains dissolve and carry away nutrients from the soil. |
| Mauritania | country in West Africa |
| delta | a triangular section of land formed by sand and silt carried downriver. |
| Victoria Falls | the Zambezi River at this point of its journey plummets a sheer 355 feet. |
| Gambia | 60 percent of its population live in villages |
| Congo River | This river reaches the sea through a deep estuary, or passage, where freshwater meets seawater. |
| Great Rift Valley | stretches from Syria in Southwest Asia to Mozambique in the southeastern part of Africa. |
| Desertification | occurs when long periods of drought and land use destroy the vegetation. |
| Zambezi River | a river in south-central Africa also meets the ocean in a delta. |
| Sahel | northern steppe of Africa between the desert and the tropical dry savanna |
| Serengeti Plain | one of the world's largest savanna plains |
| faults | fractures in the Earth's crust |
| harmattan | a northeast trade wind |
| cataracts | waterfalls |
| estuary | a passage wehre freshwaters meets seawater |
| Kalahari Desert | occupies eastern Namibia, most of Botswana, and part of South Africa. |
| Descertification | the process by which fertile land gradually turns into desert |
| Nigeria | country located in West Africa |
| Niger River | it means great river |
| Cameroon | At least 250 ethnic groups exist in this country. |
| Lake Victoria | the largest lake in Africa |
| slavery | a person who is the property and toils, or works, for another person |
| Ruwenzori Mountains | these divide Uganda and the Democratic Republics of the Congo. |
| escarpments | steep, often jagged cliffs |
| Desertification | occurs when long periods of drought and land use destroy the vegetation. |
| pidgin | a simplified speech used among people who speak different languages |
| Drakensberg Range | These mountains rise to more than 11,000 ft. in South Africa and Lesotho. |
| savanna | tropical grassland with scattered trees |
| Kalahari Desert | is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for 900,000 square kilometres |
| Namib Desert | a desert along the Atlantic coast of Namibia |
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