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Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa. Physical Geography. Landforms. Create a Word Wall Plateaus -1 Escarpments -2 Basins -3 Rivers -4 Rift Valleys -5. Word Wall Directions:. Front: Word in Big Bold Color Part of speech Your Name Top Inside: Description of word

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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  1. Sub-Saharan Africa Physical Geography

  2. Landforms Create a Word Wall • Plateaus -1 • Escarpments -2 • Basins -3 • Rivers -4 • Rift Valleys -5

  3. Word Wall Directions: • Front: • Word in Big Bold Color • Part of speech • Your Name Top Inside: • Description of word • Word written in a complete sentence. Bottom Inside: • Illustration (drawing) of your word / sentence.

  4. Plateau: Africa is a large plateau with escarpments on the edges.

  5. Basins • A large, bowl-shaped depression in the land’s surface • Also: an area drained by a single river system • Major African Basins: • Congo Basin (Congo River) • Sudan Basin (Nile River)

  6. Rivers • Major Rivers • Niger River • Congo River • Zambezi River • Orange River • Limitations • Cataracts • Meandering courses

  7. Rivers

  8. Rift Valleys • Rift Valleys extend from Red Sea to South Africa • Several large lakes have formed at the bottom of rift valleys • Lake Tanganyika

  9. Climate

  10. Savanna Vegetation: Grasslands Steppe

  11. Vegetation: Rainforests • Located around the equator in the Congo River Basin • Massive amount of trees blocks sunlight from reaching forest floor • Daily rain makes the air very hot and moist • Most animals live in the canopy

  12. Human-Environment Interaction #1: RAINFOREST • Farmers use slash-and-burn techniques to clear land for agriculture • Over time, deforestation occurs • What is the impact of deforestation on the environment? On the people?

  13. Human-Environment Interaction #2: Desertification

  14. Human-Environment Interaction #3: Drought

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