Africa World Map PDF

# Africa ## Geography - **Strait of Gibraltar** - Connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, separating Spain from Morocco. - **Suez Canal** - Connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. ## Countries 1. **Morocco** (Rabat) - Casablanca (Chemical industries) - Marrakesh -...

# Africa ## Geography - **Strait of Gibraltar** - Connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, separating Spain from Morocco. - **Suez Canal** - Connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. ## Countries 1. **Morocco** (Rabat) - Casablanca (Chemical industries) - Marrakesh - Red clay building - Tangier 2. **Algeria** (Algiers) - Winter rainfall; citrus fruit 3. **Tunisia** (Tunis) - Known for wine industries - Grapes 4. **Libya** (Tripoli) - Al Aziziyah - One of the hottest places in the world - Benghazi Port 5. **Egypt** (Cairo) - Mediterranean Sea & Red Sea - Nile River - Alexandria Port (Mediterranean) - Said and Suez (Suez Canal) 6. **Sudan** (Khartoum) - Where two rivers meet to form the Nile 7. **South Sudan** (Juba) - Landlocked 8. **Eritrea** (Asmara) - Landlocked. - Includes the Dahlak Archipelago. - Massawa Port 9. **Ethiopia** (Addis Ababa) - Landlocked - Known for the Danakil Depression. 10. **Djibouti** (Djibouti City) 11. **Somalia** (Mogadishu) - Berbera Port on the Gulf of Aden. 12. **Kenya** (Nairobi) - Home to the Mombasa Port. 13. **Tanzania** (Dodoma) - Zanzibar is part of Tanzania, known for cloves. - Dar es Salaam is the East African coast port. 14. **Malawi** (Lilongwe) - Landlocked. 15. **Mozambique** (Maputo) 16. **Burundi** (Gitega) 17. **Rwanda** ( ) 18. **Uganda** (Kampala) 19. **Zambia** (Lusaka) - Landlocked 20. **Zimbabwe** (Harare) - Landlocked. 21. **South Africa** - Three major cities: - Cape Town (Legislative capital) - Bloemfontein (Judicial capital) - Pretoria (Executive capital) - Kimberley - Known for its diamond production. 22. **Eswatini** ( ) 23. **Lesotho** (Maseru) 24. **Namibia** (Windhoek) - Home to the Namib Desert. 25. **Angola** (Luanda) 26. **Botswana** (Gaborone) - Landlocked. 27. **Chad** (N'Djamena) 28. **Cameroon** (Yaoundé) 29. **Central African Republic** (Bangui) 30. **Democratic Republic of Congo** (Kinshasa) 31. **Republic of Congo** (Brazzaville) 32. **Gabon** (Libreville) 33. **Niger** (Niamey) 34. **Nigeria** (Abuja) - Home to the Niger River. - Lake Chad changes color because of the presence of algae. - Coastline: - Cote D'Ivoire: Ivory Coast - Ghana: Gold Coast - Nigeria: Slave Coast 35. **Liberia** (Monrovia) - Grain Coast. 36. **Cote D'Ivoire** (Yamoussoukro) - Ivory Coast 37. **Ghana** (Accra) - Gold Coast 38. **Togo** (Lomé) 39. **Benin** (Porto-Novo) 40. **Mali** (Bamako) - Landlocked. 41. **Burkina Faso** (Ouagadougou) - Landlocked. 42. **Mauritania** (Nouakchott) - Landlocked. ## Lakes - **Suez Canal** (Egypt) - **Mediterranean** - Al Mangalah Lake - Timsah Lake - Great Bitter Lake - Little Bitter Lake - **Gulf of Suez** - Aswan Dam (Artificial) - **Lake Tana** (Ethiopia) - **Lake Assal** (Djibouti) - **Rift Valley Depression** (African Somalian plate) - **Lake Turkana** (Lake Rudolph) (Kenya) - **Lake Victoria** (UKT) - Largest lake in Africa - **Lake Edward** (DRC & Uganda border) - **Lake Albert** (DRC & Uganda border) - **Lake Tanganyika** (Rift Valley) - Longest lake in Africa. - **Lake Malawi (Nyasa)** (Tanzania & Mozambique) - **Lake Victoria** (Tanzania) - Water source for the Nile River. - **Lake Kariba** (Zambia & Zimbabwe) - **Lake Chad** (Central Africa) - **Lake Fagine** (Chad) ## Africa's Mountains - **Atlas Mountains** (Some) - Located in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia - On the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts - Examples of "Fold Mountains." - Jebel Toubkal is the highest peak, in Morocco. - Jebel Tortall is the highest peak, in Ahaggar, central Sahara. - **Hoggar** or **Ahaggar** (Southern Sahara) - Contains Mount Tassili n'Ajjer. - Contains Tibesti - **Ras Dashien** - The highest peak in Ethiopia. - **Mount Cameroon** - **Mount Kilimanjaro** - Highest peak in Africa - Extinct Volvano - **Drakensberg Mountains (Residual Mountains) - Located in South Africa. - Examples of "Block Mountains". ## Deserts 1. **Sahara** - Eng (Sandy part) - Hamada (Stony part) - Semi-arid - Sahel Region - Southern extension of the Sahara Desert. 2. **Libyan Desert** - Serir - Stony part. 3. **Nubian Desert** - Located in Sudan 4. **Namib Desert** - Located in Namibia 5. **Kalahari Desert** - Located in Botswana - Bushman Tribe - Oldest tribe in Africa ## Grasslands - **Velds** (Temperate) - Located in South Africa - **Llanos** (Tropical) - Located in Venezuela - **Pampas** (Temperate) - Located in Argentina - **Savannas** - **Catingas** (Brazil) ## Rivers 1. **Orange River** - Flows through South Africa and Namibia. - Border between South Africa and Namibia. 2. **Limpopo River** - Flow through South Africa, Botswana, and Mozambique. - Border between South Africa and Botswana. - Mouth: Indian Ocean - Cuts the Tropic of Capricorn twice. 3. **Zambezi River** - Flows from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. - Creates the Victoria Falls - Border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. - Mouth: Indian Ocean 4. **Niger River** - Flows from Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, and Nigeria. - Part of the Gulf of Guinea. 5. **Congo River** (Zaire River) - Flows from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - Katanga Plateau (DRC) - Lualaba River - cuts the Equator twice. - Deepest river in the world. - Boyoma (Stanley) Waterfall - Falls into the Atlantic Ocean - Mouth: Atlantic Ocean - Border: DRC and a few other countries. 6. **White Nile** - Origin: Lake Victoria - End: Khartoum - White color, due to clay. 7. **Blue Nile** - Origin: Lake Tana (Ethiopia) - Flows into Khartoum where it meets the White Nile - Blue color due to its depth. 8. **Nile River** - Origin: Khartoum - Meets with the white and blue Nile Rivers - Flows through Egypt - End: Alexandria Port - Contains the Aswan Dam (Artificial) and Nasser Lake. - Longest river in the world.