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Lesson 40: (Cont.)
Physical Features of Africa
2. As theWhiteNilemovesnorthward throughUganda itmeetswithwater flowing from
c) LakeAlbert
,
which is formed near thewestern branch of theGreat Rift Valley.
3. The
d) BlueNile
flows northwest from theEthiopianHighlands inEthiopia.TheBlueNileandWhite
Nilemeet at the city of Khartoum inSudan and together they form the great
e) NileRiver
.
4. From the country of Sudan, the Nile continues to flow northward into
f) Lake Nasser
in southern
Egypt. LakeNasser is one of theworld’s largest man-made lakes, which are also called reservoirs.
It was created by the construction of the
g) AswanHighDam
. From theAswanDam theNile flows
northward through the Sahara Desert to Africa’s largest city, Cairo. Although desert surrounds the
Nile, the river valley and delta are very fertile, and nearly all of theEgyptian people live there.
5. From Cairo, the Nile River divides into many tributaries as it reaches the
h) Mediterranean Sea
.
These tributaries form a large triangle of marshy and fertile land called a delta.The delta ismade up
of silt, sand, and small rocks deposited by the river as it reaches itsmouth and flows into the sea.
6. TheRiftValley is known for itsmany lakes.To the southwest of LakeVictoria is
i) LakeTanganyika
,
theworld’s longest freshwater lake and the second deepest. Further south is
j) LakeNyasa
, which
bordersMozambique andMalawi at the beginning of theRift Valley.
7. The
k) Congo River (LLB=Lesson 38)
is one of the world’s great rivers. As the Congo winds its
way through the tropical rainforests of the Congo Basin, it crosses the Equator two times before it
empties into theAtlanticOcean.
8. Label
l)VictoriaFalls
, oneof theworld’smostmagnificent waterfalls. It is foundon the
m) Zambezi
River
as it flows eastward along the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.The Zambezi River crosses
Mozambique and empties into the IndianOcean.
9. Southof theZambezi is the
n) LimpopoRiver
, which flowseastward through thebordering regions
of Zimbabwe, SouthAfrica, andMozambique.
10. The
o) Vaal River
merges into the
p) Orange River
as they drain
westward throughSouthAfrica to theAtlanticOcean.
11. The
q) Niger River
is the continent of Africa’s third-longest river
and flows for more than 2,500 miles to the many tributaries that
make up the
r) NigerianDelta
.
12. The
s) BenueRiver
flows westward tomeet theNiger River north
of theNigerianDelta.
13. Locate
t) LakeChad
where thebordersofChad,Nigeria, andNiger
meet. LakeChadwas once an inland sea but droughts and climate
changes have reduced its size significantly.
14. TheVoltaRiver flows from twobranches, the
u)BlackVolta
and the
v)WhiteVolta
, which flow into
w) LakeVolta
, a huge man-made
lake created by theAkosomboDam.
15. Locate the
x) Senegal River
, which flows westward along the
border of Mauritania andSenegal.
Africa
Native
people
call Victoria
Falls “Smoke that
Thunders” because of
the huge cloud of vapor
and thunderous roar
that results as water
fallsmore than 400 feet
to the valley below.
