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The Geography of Africa

The Geography of Africa. adapted from Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY.

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The Geography of Africa

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  1. The Geography of Africa adapted from Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. This copper engraved map of North Africa is from Ptolemy's Geography. Ptolemy lived and worked in Egypt prior to circa 150 AD. Such was his fame and influence for cartography that maps were recorded under his name up to and including the 17th Century. The colored original of this projection which is over 400 years and was edited by Magini and published, along with other versions, by the Heirs of Galignani in 1596.

  3. A Satellite View

  4. Africa’s Size 4 6 0 0 M I L E S 5000 MILES • Second largest continent  11,700,000 sq. mi. • 10% of the world’s population. • 2 ½ times the size of the U. S.

  5. Mediterranean Sea Bodies Of Water Red Sea NileRiver NigerRiver L. Chad--> <--Gulf of Aden L. Albert--> Congo River L. Victoria L. Tanganyika-> Indian Ocean Atlantic Ocean Zambezi River LimpopoRiver OrangeRiver Pacific Ocean

  6. Burundi @Africa Focus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  7. Malawi

  8. Egypt

  9. Mali

  10. Ghana

  11. Niger

  12. The Mighty Nile River:“Longest River in the World”

  13. The Congo River Basin • Covers 12% of thecontinent. • Extends over 9countries. • 2,720 miles long. • 99% of the countryof Zaire is in theCongo River basin.

  14. The Niger River Basin • Covers 7.5% of the continent. • Extends over 10 countries. • 2,600 miles long.

  15. Hydroelectric Power

  16. Atlas Mts. Mountains & Peaks ΔMt. Kenya ΔMt. Kilimanjaro Ruwenzori Mts. Drajensburg Mts.

  17. Kenya

  18. Congo-Kinshasa

  19. Uganda

  20. Kenya

  21. The African Plateau

  22. Libyan Desert Deserts Sahara Desert Sahel Namib Desert Kalahari Desert

  23. The Sahara Desert

  24. Desertification

  25. The Sahel

  26. Valleys & Plains Great Rift Valley

  27. Great Rift Valley 3,000 miles long

  28. Seismic Activity in Africa

  29. Tropic of Cancer 20° N Africa:The“Tropical”Continent Equator 0° Tropic of Capricorn20° S

  30. African Trade Winds

  31. West Africa: Home of our Hurricanes

  32. Vegetation Zones

  33. The African Savannah:13 million sq. mi.

  34. African Rain Forest • Annual rainfall of up to 17 ft. • Rapid decomposition (very humid). • Covers 37 countries. • 15% of the land surface of Africa.

  35. Mt. Kilimanjaro:Snow on the Equator?

  36. Mediterranean Sea Atlas Mts. Libyan Desert The Complete Topography Of AFRICA Tropic of Cancer 20° N Sahara Desert Red Sea Sahel NileRiver NigerRiver L. Chad--> Great Rift Valley <--Gulf of Aden L. Albert--> ΔMt. Kenya Equator 0° Congo River L. Victoria ΔMt. Kilimanjaro L. Tanganyika-> Indian Ocean Ruwenzori Mts. Atlantic Ocean Zambezi River Namib Desert Kalahari Desert LimpopoRiver Tropic of Capricorn20° S OrangeRiver Drajensburg Mts. Pacific Ocean

  37. Natural Resources

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