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East Africa

East Africa. Physical Features and Population. Physical Features. Sudan Eritrea Ethiopia Somalia Uganda Kenya. Djibouti Tanzania Burundi Rwanda. Seychelles Comoros. Are these geometric or natural boundaries?. Landforms. Highlands and mountains from Ethiopia to Cape of Good Hope

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East Africa

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  1. East Africa Physical Features and Population

  2. Physical Features

  3. Sudan Eritrea Ethiopia Somalia Uganda Kenya Djibouti Tanzania Burundi Rwanda Seychelles Comoros Are these geometric or natural boundaries?

  4. Landforms • Highlands and mountains from Ethiopia to Cape of Good Hope • Include Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya

  5. 3 subregions • Great Lakes •  Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi • Horn of Africa •  Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, Djibouti, and Somalia • Islands off the coast • Comoros and Seychelles • Diverse vegetation within subregions (and even in single countries)

  6. Where are most of the lakes and rivers located? • Great Rift Valley • Formed by tectonic plate movement • Major lakes From Syria (in SW Asia) to Mozambique (in SE Africa)

  7. Major Rivers • Rivers • White Nile • Blue Nile • Tributaries meet at Khartoum (capital of Sudan) • Confluence: the junction or combination of two rivers

  8. Lake Tanganyika • Second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume • Also the second deepest • Which lake ranks first?

  9. Seychelles and Comoros • Located off the coasts of Tanzania and Madagascar in Indian Ocean • Seychelles = 115 islands • Most are uninhabited • Humid and tropical climate • Lush vegetation • Rocky and hilly islands leave little farmland (~ 18%) • Comoros = 3 islands • Nov.-Mar. = “wet” season • Monsoons, heavy rains, cyclones • Apr.-Oct. = dry season • Formed by volcanoes • Cultivate sugar cane, ylang-ylang (for perfume), vanilla, cloves, and tropical plants

  10. Compare the two: Do you notice any patterns?

  11. Highlands of Burundi Jamma River Gorge, Ethiopia

  12. Samburu National Forest, Kenya Zanzibar, Tanzania

  13. Desert and Farmland Meeting in an area in Northern Sudan

  14. East Africa has the second largest country (by land size) • Sudan • Recently (2011) split into Sudan and South Sudan after vote for independence

  15. Population

  16. Population • East Africa has three of the top six most populated countries on the continent • Ethiopia • Tanzania • Kenya

  17. Ethiopia • Over 77.4 million people • Life expectancy = 48 years

  18. Tanzania • Over 36.5 million people • Life expectancy = 44 years

  19. Kenya • Over 33.8 million people • Life expectancy = 47 years

  20. What patterns did you notice? • How old is the majority of the population? • Which country has the most people under the age of 14? • What do these patterns indicate?

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