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GEA3600: Map Quiz 1
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- 1Atlas MountainsA high mountain range in northwestern Africa. In three countries: Morocco. Algeria and Tunisia.
- 2Mt. TahatHighest peak in the Hoggar Mountains (Ahaggar Mountains). In Southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer
- 3Mt. CameroonAn active volcano in Cameroon near the Gulf of Guinea. Highest point in sub-Saharan West African and Central Africa.
- 4Ahaggar MountainsMountain range located in southern Algeria. In Southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer.
- 5Ethiopian HighlandsMost of the Ethiopian Highlands are part of central and northern Ethiopia, and its northernmost portion reaches into Eritrea.
- 6Mt. KenyaSecond highest peak in Africa; located in Kenya. Mount Kenya is located in the former Eastern and central provinces of Kenya.
- 7Mt. KilimanjaroAfrica's highest mountain in Tanzania; also a volcano with its three volcanic cones, "Kibo", "Mawenzi", and "Shira"
- 8Muchinga MountainsThis is a mountain range located in northeastern Zambia. It is situated to the east of Lake Bangweulu, and is home to the source of the Luangwa River. This mountain range divides the Congo and Zambezi Basins.
- 9Matopo HillsThe Matobo Hills cultural landscape is located in southern Zimbabwe
- 10Drakensberg MountainsThe Drakensberg is part of the Great Escarpment and separates the extensive high plateaus of the South African interior from the lower lands along the coast.
- 11Bié PlateauBié Plateau
The Bié Plateau or Central Plateau of Angola is a plateau that occupies most of central Angola.
- 12Katanga PlateauThe Katanga, or Shaba, Plateau is a farming and ranching region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 13Jos PlateauThe Jos Plateau is a plateau located near the centre of Nigeria.
- 14Tademaït PlateauTademaït is a natural region in the Sahara Desert right in the centre of Algeria.
- 15Nile RiverThe Nile river as its drainage basin covers eleven countries, namely, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan and Egypt.
- 16White Nile RiverThis is the bigger part of the Nile River. Section of the Nile between Malakal, South Sudan, and Khartoum, Sudan.
- 17Blue Nile RiverThe Blue Nile is a river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
- 18Congo RiverCongo River, formerly Zaire River, river in west-central Africa.
- 19Zambezi RiverRises in Zambia and flows through eastern Angola, along the eastern border of Namibia and the northern border of Botswana, then along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe to Mozambique, where it crosses the country to empty into the Indian Ocean.
- 20Black Volta RiverThe Black Volta or Mouhoun is a river that flows through Burkina Faso flowing to the White Volta in Dagbon, Ghana. The Black Volta forms part of the border between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso.
- 21White VoltaThe White Volta or Nakanbé is the headstream of the Volta River, Ghana's main waterway. The White Volta emerges in northern Burkina Faso, flows through North Ghana and empties into Lake Volta in Ghana.
- 22Senegal RiverThe Senegal River is a long river in West Africa that forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania.
- 23Benue RiveThe Benue River is the major tributary of the Niger River.
- 24Vaal RiverThe Vaal River is the largest tributary of the Orange River in South Africa.
- 25Limpopo RiverThe Limpopo River rises in South Africa, and flows generally eastwards to the Indian Ocean in Mozambique.
- 26Victoria FallsVictoria Falls is located on the Zambezi River, the fourth largest river in Africa, which is also defining the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- 27Pacific Ocean
- 28Atlantic Ocean
- 29Mediterranean Sea
- 30Mozambique Channelhe Mozambique Channel is an arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of Madagascar and Mozambique.
- 31Suez CanalThe Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez.
- 32Indian Ocean
- 33Red SeaBetween Africa and Asia
- 34Gulf of AdenYemen to the North and Somalia to the South.
- 35Gulf of GuineaThe Gulf of Guinea is the northeastern-most part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
- 36Strait of GibraltarThe Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Peninsular Spain in Europe from Morocco and Ceuta (Spain) in Africa.
- 37Lake Chada historically large, shallow, lake in Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries. Has four countries surrounding it (Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria) on the edge of the Sahara.
- 38Lake VictoriaSurrounded by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
- 39Lake NasserLake Nasser is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
- 40Lake VoltaWithin the country of Ghana.
- 41Lake KaribaUpstream from the Indian Ocean, along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- 42Lake TanganyikaThe lake is divided among four countries – Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, and Zambia
- 43Lake MalawiAn African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
- 44Lake NyasaAlso known as Lake Malawi
- 45Lake TurkanaA lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, in northern Kenya, with its far northern end crossing into Ethiopia.
- 46Lake AlbertA lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is one of the African Great Lakes.
- 47Kalahari DesertA large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia and regions of South Africa.
- 48Western DesertThe Western Desert of Egypt is an area of the Sahara which lies west of the river Nile, up to the Libyan border, and south from the Mediterranean sea to the border with Sudan.
- 49Nubian DesertAs in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert, spanning approximately northeastern Sudan and northern Eritrea, between the Nile and the Red Sea.
- 50Sahara Desert
- 51Eastern DesertThe Eastern Desert is the part of the Sahara desert that is located east of the Nile river, between the river and the Red Sea
- 52Libyan DesertThe Libyan Desert forms the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert. It describes that part of the Sahara that lies within the present-day state of Libya.
- 53Namib DesertThe Namib is a coastal desert in southern Africa.
- 54El DjoufEl Djouf is a desert, an arid natural region of sand dunes and rock salt which covers northeastern Mauritania and part of northwestern Mali.
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