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AFRICA GEOGRAPHY NOTES Pages 207-208. 1. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world 2. The African continent contains rain forests: savannas,which are the tropical grasslands: and deserts 3. The Sahara and Kalahari are deserts in Africa.
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AFRICA GEOGRAPHY NOTESPages 207-208 1. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world 2. The African continent contains rain forests: savannas,which are the tropical grasslands: and deserts 3. The Sahara and Kalahari are deserts in Africa. The Sahara is the largest desert in the world
4. A plateau is an area of high flat land.Almost all of Africa except near the coast rests on a plateau. 5. The Nile River is Africa’s longest river. 6. The Great Rift Valley was formed when parts of the plateau’s surface dropped. Some of the earliest known human fossils are from the Great Rift Valley.