10% of the world’s population lives in africa.€¦ · • africa is the world’s second largest...
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• Africa is the world’s second largest continent (11,700,000 miles).
• It is home to 52 countries, 1,000 different languages, and 800 million people.
• 10% of the world’s population lives in Africa.
• Africa can be divided into many different regions:
• The Sahara, the Sahel, the savannahs, the tropical rain forests, the Ethiopian
Highlands, and Southern Africa.
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• The Congo River is located
in western central Africa.
• It begins in central Africa,
near Lake Tanganyika,
and flows west through
the tropical rain forest.
• The Congo River is the
second largest river in Africa.
• It’s over 3,000 miles long.
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• The Niger River is located in
western Africa.
• The Niger River is the third
largest river in Africa.
• It runs over 2,600 miles.
• The mouth of the Niger River
flows through a large delta,
often referred to as the “Oil
Delta” because of the
petroleum industry that’s
centered here.
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• The Nile River is located in eastern Africa.
• The Nile is the world’s longest river at
4,150 miles.
• It provides water for Sudan and Egypt.
• It’s an important waterway for
transporting people and goods.
• The Nile also provides a source of
irrigation for agriculture.
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• Lake Tanganyika is
located in central
Africa.
• Lake Tanganyika is
the deepest lake in
Africa and one of the
deepest in the world.
• It’s also one of the
largest freshwater
lakes in the world.
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• Lake Victoria is the largest lake
in Africa and the second largest
freshwater lake in the world.
• It is located in central Africa
• White Nile begins here.
• Lake Victoria is vital in
supporting the millions of
people that live nearby.
• It provides a living for many
fishermen and attracts
millions of tourists each
year.
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• The Atlas Mountains are a
mountain range in north Africa.
• They separate the coastal
regions from the Sahara Desert.
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• The Kalahari Desert is located in
southwestern Africa.
• The region is surrounded by semi-arid
areas that are slowly becoming more
dry.
• It is not a “true” desert because it
receives 3-10 inches of rain per year.
• Because of the precipitation and
underground water supplies,
grass, shrubs, and wild animals
manage to live in the Kalahari
desert.
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