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Exploring AFRICA
Student Activity Sheet
Location
1. What is the range of latitude and longitude of Africa?
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Longitude: between
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World Landmasses
3. Find the Equator, Tropic of Cancer, and the Tropic of Capricorn
where they cross Africa. Is any other continent crossed by all three of
these parallels? __________
The region between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees North of the
Equator) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees South of the Equator)
make up the Tropical climate region. The climate is consistently warm
and moist, except for mountainous areas with high elevation. Notice that
much of Africa lies within the Tropics.
4. What climate and vegetation region makes up much Equatorial Africa?
Bodies of Water
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 Sea to the north
 Ocean to the west
 Ocean to the east
 Sea to the northeast
2. Locate the following gulfs and straits.
 Strait between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean
 Gulf north of Libya
 Strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
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 Gulf at the northwestern end of the Red Sea
 Gulf along the Atlantic coast near the Equator
3. Name the canal that links the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea
Offshore Islands –Locate these islands.
1. Large island southeast of the continent
2. Three small island groups in the Indian Ocean: Comoros, Mauritius,
and Seychelles.
3. Sao Tome and Principe located near the Equator in the Gulf of
Guinea.
4. Two island groups off the northwest coast belonging to:
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 Portugal
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Major Landforms
Locate the areas of Africa that are at elevations between sea level and
600 feet. Generally, are these areas coastal or inland? Coastal lowlands
are called coastal plains. Does Africa have extensive coastal plains?
(compare with eastern US) Much of Africa is a plateau containing a
number of land features including depressions, basins, and highlands.
Locate the following land areas on the map.
1. A plateau between Congo (Zaire) and Zambia
2. A basin in Congo
Considering its size, Africa has few mountains and no dividing mountain
ranges such as the Rocky Mountains in the United States. Locate the
major mountain and highland regions of Africa. Circle their names on the
map and complete their names below.
1. A __ __ __ s Mountains (northwestern Africa)
2. E __ __ __ __ __ i a n Highlands (eastern Africa)
3. D r __ __ __ __ __ b __ __ __ Mountains (southern Africa)
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Locate these deserts of Africa.
1. Sahara Desert –northern Africa
2. Namib Desert –Atlantic coast 15º - 30º south latitude
3. Kalahari Desert –southwestern Africa
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2. Locate the long lake to the southwest.
3. Notice the narrow lakes west of Lake Victoria. Locate and circle the
following lakes: Lake Albert, Lake Edward, Lake Kivu, Lake Nyasa
These lakes lie in a valley that extends north through Ethiopia to the Red
Sea. What is the name of this valley?
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2. Congo River in central Africa
 Find the source in southern Congo
 Find the mouth on the Atlantic coast at the boundary between
Angola and Congo.
3. Nile River in northeastern Africa
 Locate the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea.
 Locate the two great tributaries, the White Nile and the Blue
Nile, where they meet near Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
 The source of the Blue Nile is Lake Tana in the Ethiopian
Highlands.
 The source of the White Nile is near Lake Victoria. Trace the
White Nile through Lake Kyoga to Lake Albert.
 Follow the Nile from Khartoum to the Mediterranean Sea.
 How many cataracts are there along the main Nile?
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 Draw arrows to show the direction the Nile flows.
 What is located on the Nile near Aswan?
 What lake is formed here?
4. Zambezi River in southeastern Africa
 Find its source in northern Zambia
 Find its mouth on the Mozambique Channel
 What natural feature lies on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border?
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