Africa -Landforms

Serengeti Plain

Serengeti Plain

Serengeti Plain

Serengeti Plain

https://youtu.be/OZ0of0jIZ4s1:00 serengeti plains national

park animals

http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-serengeti-national-park/

Serengeti means “Endless Plain.”

12,000 sq. miles of grassland

Dry, mostly treeless land.Tourism is a huge industry.

Located in Tanzania.

Ethiopian Plateau

Ethiopian Plateau

Highland covering 2/3 of Ethiopia.

https://youtu.be/z267Sja351M 2:10 walk through Ethiopian highlands

https://ohfact.com/interesting-facts-about-ethiopian-highlands/

Atlas Mountains

Mostly treeless mountains in Morocco.

https://youtu.be/fTgLbOCu7WE Atlas mountains high up 2 min. show just parts.

● The mountain range has several passes that provide routes between the coast and the Sahara Desert.

● The Berber people have lived in the Atlas Mountain range for thousands of years. In fact, they have been traced back to at least 3000 B.C.

Berbers of Morocco

Namib Desert

Namib Desert

Namib Desert

World’s oldest desert.

Almost completely barren.

Less than 1 inch of rain a year.

Tallest dunes in the world, 900 ft. tall.

https://youtu.be/28w6nL4j1w0 Namib desert show intro 1:10

Kalahari Desert

Kalahari Desert

Kalahari Desert

Desert in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

https://youtu.be/KWUlrTJoE70 kalahari bushmen 3 min

Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

Covers 11 countries.

Largest HOT desert in the world.

9,000,000 sq. miles (same as the USA)

https://youtu.be/lPWEKUQLb9Y deadly oasis in the sahara 3:20

Sahel

Sahel

Sahel

Sahel

South of the Sahara.

Crops can be grown here.

It is called a Steppe region, less dry than a desert.

https://youtu.be/6XAxIK-HebE Sahel show first 40 seconds explaining

drought

https://youtu.be/rwGLgpN9yME Sahel start :57 – 2:50

https://youtu.be/3HJj6INmc2c 2:15

Sahel unicef

Mt Kilimanjaro

Mt Kilimanjaro

Mt Kilimanjaro

Mt Kilimanjaro

Tallest Mt. in Africa.

Tallest FREE standing Mt. in the world.

Snow capped even though at the equator.

https://youtu.be/rGYgE_KUepE 2:16 base jumping on mt Kilimanjaro

Great Rift Valley

Great Rift Valley

Great Rift Valley

Longest deep depression on Earth.

4,000 miles long.

The land is pulling apart.

https://youtu.be/w7Y2R4KBwvo 1:41 great rift valley explained

Nile River

Nile River

Nile River

Nile River

Nile River

Nile River

Longest river in the world.

4,132 miles long.

Only 22% is in Egypt.

Creates fertile land in the desert.

https://youtu.be/TI6VaNG8_nE 1:48 Nile river info

https://youtu.be/D6hOGaIGULw

stop at about 1:30 Nile croc

Congo River

Also known as Zaire River.

Zambezi River

Zambezi River

Victoria Falls is located here.

https://youtu.be/imgMbHWFwG8 2:48 zambezi river wildlife

Niger River

Niger River

Major river in West Africa.

Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls

Located on the Zambezi River.

Surrounded by rainforest because of the mist, 24/7.

World’s largest curtain of water.

Moonbows created at night.

https://youtu.be/gbpQZ37jKwc vic falls good scenes and then devils pool 4:23 still shots of

devil only.https://youtu.be/EMcjt3HUcOc

these two together just pool 1:30