Africa Geo Vocab

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Volcano in Tanzania, Africa's highest peak

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Mount Kilimanjaro

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Narrow band of semi-arid grassland on southern Sahara.

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Sahel

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Bowl-shaped area

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Basin

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Long, thin valley formed by separating continental plates in East Africa.

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Rift Valley

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Tops of trees in a rain forest, ~150 ft above ground

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canopy

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Expansion of dry conditions to moist areas next to deserts

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Desertification

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Triangular area of the Niger River with rich oil deposits

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Niger Delta

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World's longest river, over 4,000 miles through Sudan Basin into Uganda, Sudan, Egypt.

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Nile River

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Largest hot desert in the world, 3,000 miles across Africa

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Sahara

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World's 2nd largest tropical rainforest?

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Congo River Basin