Chpt 18 Vocab. Word Scramble
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Word | Definition |
Nile River | The world's longest river. |
Mount Kilimanjaro | Africa's Highest Mountain |
Coffee | 2nd most profitable commodity in Africa. |
Climate Areas | The Deserts; The Tropics |
Aquifer | huge stores of underground water |
Aswan High Dam | a dam on the Nile River in Egypt, completed in 1970, which increased Egypt's farmable land by 50% and protected it from droughts and floods. |
Rift Valleys | a long, thin valley created by moving apart of the continental plates, present in East Africa, streching over 4,000 miles from Jordan in Southwest Asia to Mozambique in Southern Africa. |
Escarpment | a steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top. |
Sahara | the largest desert in the world |
Serengeti Plain | an area of East Africa, containing some of the best grasslands in the world and many grazing animals. |
Desertification | an expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts. |
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