Mount KilimanjaroMount Kilimanjaro is situated in the Northern part of Tanzania, in the Kilimanjaro National Park. It covers an area of 100 kilometers long and 65 kilometers wide.The mountain is a dormant volcano which is comprised of three volcanic cones, Shira, Kibo (on which Uhuru summit stands) and Mawenzi.Kibo is classified as dormant but not extinct. The last major eruption from Kibooccurred 360,000 years ago. The last volcanic activity happened 200 years ago and resulted in today’s ash pit Mount Kilimanjaro is situated in the Northern part of Tanzania, in the Kilimanjaro National Park. It covers an area of 100 kilometers long and 65 kilometers wide.The mountain is a dormant volcano which is comprised of three volcanic cones, Shira, Kibo (on which Uhuru summit stands) and Mawenzi.Kibo is classified as dormant but not extinct. The last major eruption from Kibooccurred 360,000 years ago. The last volcanic activity happened 200 years ago and resulted in today’s ash pit (visible from Uhuru Peak)

Mount Kilimanjaro Time Change.

What has happened on the mountain? Explain your reasoning.

SahelSahel semiarid region of western and north-central Africa extending from Senegal eastward to The Sudan. It forms a transitional zone between the arid Sahara (desert) to the north and the belt of humid savannas to the south. The terrain is chiefly of the savanna type, with little continuous cover and a dangerous tendency to merge into desert because of overstocking and overfarming. At least eight months of the year are dry, and rain, confined to a short season, averages 4–8 inches (100–200 mm), mostly in June, July, and August.

Sahel Region

What has happened to the Sahel region? Predict why these changes have occurred over time. How can society save the Sahel from complete desertification?

Great Rift Valley

The Great Rift Valley is a geographical and geological feature running north to south for around 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers), from northern Syria to central Mozambique in East Africa. a place where the earth's tectonic forces are presently trying to create new plates by splitting apart old ones. In simple terms, a rift can be thought of as a fracture in the earth's surface that widens over time, or more technically, as an elongate basin bounded by opposed steeply dipping normal faults.

Great Rift Valley

What created the Great Rift Valley? What evidence did the first homanodes leave behind?

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria, also called Victoria Nyanza , largest lake in Africa and chief reservoir of the Nile, lying mainly in Tanzania and Uganda but bordering on Kenya. Its area is 26,828 square miles (69,484 square km). Among the freshwater lakes of the world, it is exceeded in size only by Lake Superior in North America. It is an irregular quadrilateral in shape, and its shores, save on the west, are deeply indented. Its greatest length from north to south is 210 miles (337 km), its greatest breadth 150 miles (240 km). Its coastline exceeds 2,000 miles (3,220 km).

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake at 26,560 square miles and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world, is losing water at an alarming rate - at least six feet in the past four years. As a result, the waterway may soon join the list of dying lakes, some ecologists say.

The reasons are varied: rising temperatures, invasive species, hydroelectric dams, and about 30 million fishermen and dirt farmers from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda who eke out a living from the lake and use it as their primary source of water.

Why is this regional lake important to the economic development of Eastern Africa? How does it support the Nile River?

Congo RainforestThe rainforest is located in central Africa.

It spans approximately 1.5 million square miles.

It's the world's second largest rainforest (only the Amazon is larger).

Most of the Congo Rainforest is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); however there are also significant areas in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic.

The most famous Congo rainforest people are the Pygmies. The average height of Pygmy men is just 4 feet 10 inches (1.45 meters). The average height of Pygmy women is just 4 feet 1 inch (1.33 meters).

Commercial logging and expansion of farming has made the Congo rainforest one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world.

Congo Rainforest

Where is the Congo River and Congo Rainforest located? How is the biome being affected? What kind of life does this biome contain?

Nile River

The River Nile is about 6,670 km (4,160 miles) in length and is the longest river in Africa and in the world. Although it is generally associated with Egypt, only 22% of the Nile’s course runs through Egypt.

In Egypt, the River Nile creates a fertile green valley across the desert. It was by the banks of the river that one of the oldest civilizations in the world began. The ancient Egyptians lived and farmed along the Nile, using the soil to produce food for themselves and their animals. Lake Victoria, Africa's biggest lake, is generally thought of as the source of the River Nile. On the northern edge of the lake, water pours over a waterfall, known as Ripon Falls, into a narrow opening which some people believe is the beginning of the River Nile.

Nile River

Why is the Nile important to the development of Eastern Africa? How has the Aswan High Dam both negatively and positively affected the nations which the niles?

Niger River

he river is 4,180 kilometers (2597 miles) long. The Guinea Highlands located in southeastern Guinea is the rivers source. Like the Nile River, the largest river in Africa, the Niger floods annually. The flooding begins in September and ends by May. Unlike the Nile, the Niger is very clear. This is because its source contains very little silt. The countries of Niger and Nigeria get their names from the river.

The Delta is home to much of Nigeria’s oil industry—about 2 million barrels of oil are extracted from the area each day—and it has become the site of major pollution from hydrocarbons. Between 1976 and 2001 there were nearly 7,000 incidents involving oil spills in which most of the oil was never recovered

Niger River

How have environmental accidents affect the Niger Valley region? Why is this River important to economic development of Western Africa?