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1. Africa -lacks any mountain ranges with high elevations
>bc of location in central pangea
-75% plateaus surface
-steep drop offs to the coast
>typically no beaches
-very few good natural harbors
2. Atlas Mountains -top out at 13,000 feet in elevation
-north/western part of Africa
-haired and dry
3. Drakensberg -formed by ancient volcanic activity
Mountains -top out at 13,000 feet
-greener conditions and more rainfall than Atlas
4. Guinea High- -West Africa
lands -mineral rich region
>bauxite reserves
5. Adamawa High- -created from volcanic activity
lands -important for a culture, thriving iron age civilization
-origin point for the Bantu Migration
>brought language with them
>Bantu Family of language are dominant
in Eastern and Southern Africa today
6. Ethiopian High- -15-16,000 ft. elevation
lands -formed by lava flow from cracks in the Earth's Surface
-volcanic and tectonic activity
-East Africa is still the most tectonically active in Africa today
-Where we believed coffee originated
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Isolated Volcanic -Mount Kilimanjaro
Peaks of East >tallest peak in Africa 19,340 ft
Africa >one of the most dramatic elevation changes
>has always had a snow cap, but now disappearing rapidly
-Eastern Africa, breaking apart from continent and dropping in elevation
>Great Rift Valley
8. Rift Valley Lakes -all located in grabbers (downward falted block of the earth's crust)
of East Africa 1.Lake Rudolf
2.Lake Albert
3.Lake Edward
4.Lake Kivu
5.Lake Tanganyika (largest, deepest 1 mil. deep)
9. Lake Victoria*** -largest lake in surface area
-not a rift valley lake
>resulted from drainage patterns
10. Nile River -world's longest river (4,145 miles)
-"exotic stream", flowing from humid area to a dry area
>Cairo, Egypt, 1.8 in of rain a year
>river important to civilization here
-1950's, Egypt wanted to guarantee water access to Nile River
>created Lake Nasser (largest man made rivers)
-Aswan High Dam
-Egypt would be better off with the dam
>negative effects
>need artificial fertilizers; kills marine life
-Nile Delta, salt water creeping in from the Mediterranean
>killing plant life caused by standing water from the dam
>attract mosquitos
>has snails that carry a flat worm
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>schistosomiasis (bilhardas) if you get a cut while in the water, worm enters blood
stream
11. Niger River -major river of west Africa
-goes from west->dry->wet area
-Niger will dry up along its course in Mali
>fanning out and depositing its sediments
>causing and inland delta
>created a deposit of fertile soil
>during wet season, things grow
12. Gulf of Guinea -deposits oil and natural gas
13. Congo River -2nd largest volume of fresh wanter in the world
-draining a huge area that is tropical
>80-200 in. of annual rainfall
-contains 1/11th of the world's hydroelectric potential
>plateau drops off
-Although, hard to use for transportation due to rapids, waterfall drops off
14. Zambezi River -Some hydroelectric potential
-Kariba dam created Lake Kariba
-Victoria Falls, (one of the natural wonders of the world)
-"The Smoke that Thunders" comes from the sound that the water makes crashing
over the falls-->sounds like thunder and the water impact causes water vapor to
look like smoke
15. Human Geogra- -the 1st human beings emerged here in Africa
phy >rift valley area, Ethiopian
>oldest human fossils found here
-dont find any great ancient civilizations in south subsaharan Africa
>most of there groups practiced an oral tradition rather than written like the
people in Mesopotamia
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1. Africa -lacks any mountain ranges with high elevations
>bc of location in central pangea
-75% plateaus surface
-steep drop offs to the coast
>typically no beaches
-very few good natural harbors
2. Atlas Mountains -top out at 13,000 feet in elevation
-north/western part of Africa
-haired and dry
3. Drakensberg -formed by ancient volcanic activity
Mountains -top out at 13,000 feet
-greener conditions and more rainfall than Atlas
4. Guinea High- -West Africa
lands -mineral rich region
>bauxite reserves
5. Adamawa High- -created from volcanic activity
lands -important for a culture, thriving iron age civilization
-origin point for the Bantu Migration
>brought language with them
>Bantu Family of language are dominant
in Eastern and Southern Africa today
6. Ethiopian High- -15-16,000 ft. elevation
lands -formed by lava flow from cracks in the Earth's Surface
-volcanic and tectonic activity
-East Africa is still the most tectonically active in Africa today
-Where we believed coffee originated
7.
, Geo 1310 Exam 4:Cooper
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Isolated Volcanic -Mount Kilimanjaro
Peaks of East >tallest peak in Africa 19,340 ft
Africa >one of the most dramatic elevation changes
>has always had a snow cap, but now disappearing rapidly
-Eastern Africa, breaking apart from continent and dropping in elevation
>Great Rift Valley
8. Rift Valley Lakes -all located in grabbers (downward falted block of the earth's crust)
of East Africa 1.Lake Rudolf
2.Lake Albert
3.Lake Edward
4.Lake Kivu
5.Lake Tanganyika (largest, deepest 1 mil. deep)
9. Lake Victoria*** -largest lake in surface area
-not a rift valley lake
>resulted from drainage patterns
10. Nile River -world's longest river (4,145 miles)
-"exotic stream", flowing from humid area to a dry area
>Cairo, Egypt, 1.8 in of rain a year
>river important to civilization here
-1950's, Egypt wanted to guarantee water access to Nile River
>created Lake Nasser (largest man made rivers)
-Aswan High Dam
-Egypt would be better off with the dam
>negative effects
>need artificial fertilizers; kills marine life
-Nile Delta, salt water creeping in from the Mediterranean
>killing plant life caused by standing water from the dam
>attract mosquitos
>has snails that carry a flat worm
, Geo 1310 Exam 4:Cooper
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>schistosomiasis (bilhardas) if you get a cut while in the water, worm enters blood
stream
11. Niger River -major river of west Africa
-goes from west->dry->wet area
-Niger will dry up along its course in Mali
>fanning out and depositing its sediments
>causing and inland delta
>created a deposit of fertile soil
>during wet season, things grow
12. Gulf of Guinea -deposits oil and natural gas
13. Congo River -2nd largest volume of fresh wanter in the world
-draining a huge area that is tropical
>80-200 in. of annual rainfall
-contains 1/11th of the world's hydroelectric potential
>plateau drops off
-Although, hard to use for transportation due to rapids, waterfall drops off
14. Zambezi River -Some hydroelectric potential
-Kariba dam created Lake Kariba
-Victoria Falls, (one of the natural wonders of the world)
-"The Smoke that Thunders" comes from the sound that the water makes crashing
over the falls-->sounds like thunder and the water impact causes water vapor to
look like smoke
15. Human Geogra- -the 1st human beings emerged here in Africa
phy >rift valley area, Ethiopian
>oldest human fossils found here
-dont find any great ancient civilizations in south subsaharan Africa
>most of there groups practiced an oral tradition rather than written like the
people in Mesopotamia
