Auditory: Video for countries and Geography of Africa

1. Auditory: Video for countries and Geography of Africa Africa

2. Tactile learners: Game for countries of Africa Africa

3. Visual Learners: Geographical features of Africa and countries of Africa

4. Africa Basics • Africa is the second largest continent in the world. Only Asia is larger. Africa is the second most populous country also. • Africa is the most impoverish continent in the world. • Africa is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. • Africa is split in half (basically) by the equator.

7. Regions • There are 8 different Geographical regions in Africa. • Sahara • Sahel • Ethiopian Highlands • Savanna • Swahili Coast • Rainforest • African Great Lakes • Southern Africa

9. Sahara • Located in the northern portion of Africa. • Largest hot desert in the world(extremely hot and dry). • The Sahara covers parts of several African nations including Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia. • Stretches 3.3 million square miles and makes up about 25% of Africa. • Most of the Sahara Desert is undeveloped and features a varied topography. • The Sahara has sand dunes, sand and gravel plains, and plateaus of rock

10. Sahara Desert continued • There are also several mountain ranges within the Sahara and many are volcanic. • Most of the water found in the Sahara today is in the form of seasonal or intermittent streams. • The only permanent river in the desert is the Nile River that flows from Central Africa to the Mediterranean Sea.

11. Sahara Continued • Due to the high temperatures and arid conditions of the Sahara Desert, the plant life in the Sahara Desert is sparse. • Animals found in the Sahara: spotted hyena, the gerbil, sand fox and Cape hare. Reptiles like the sand viper and the monitor lizard are present in the Sahara as well.

14. Sahel • Semi arid land western and north-central Africa extending from Senegal eastward to The Sudan. • The Sahel stretches from the Atlantic Ocean eastward through northern Senegal, southern Maurtania, the great bend of the Niger River, northeastern Nigeria, south-central Chad, and into The Sudan. • The Sahel is the transitional zone between the extreme conditions of the Sahara and the savannas. • The Sahel is made up of flat and barren plains.

15. Sahel continued • Steppe climate with low-growing grass and thorny shrubs. • Animals of the Sahel include: camel, pack ox, and grazing cattle and sheep. • soil erosion and desertification resulting from growing human populations have made more demands upon the land.

20. Savanna • Grasslands that cover almost ½ of Africa. • Stretches about 5 million square miles and is located in central Africa. • There is a significant amount of wildlife in the Savanna.

21. Savanna continued • tropical grassland with warm temperatures year-round and with its highest seasonal rainfall in the summer. • The savanna is characterized by grasses and small or dispersed trees that do not form a closed canopy, allowing sunlight to reach the ground. • Animals include: wildebeest, warthogs, elephants, zebras, rhinos, gazelles, hyenas, cheetahs, lions, leopards, ostrich.

24. Rainforest • Much of the rainforests in the world have been destroyed. Deforestation, road construction and slash-and-burn farming have already wiped out roughly 90 percent of the West Africa's rainforests. • Africa’s rainforest is home to half of the continent's animal species.