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Africa Geography

Africa Geography. Rift Valley. A 6,000 mile crack on the earth’s crust Stretches from Lebanon to Mozambique Divides Kenya into two segments Rifting is still in progress. Mt. Kilimanjaro. Giant stratovolcano Elevation of 19,336 feet or 5,895 miles Its highest cone is named Kibo

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Africa Geography

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  1. Africa Geography

  2. Rift Valley • A 6,000 mile crack on the earth’s crust • Stretches from Lebanon to Mozambique • Divides Kenya into two segments • Rifting is still in progress

  3. Mt. Kilimanjaro • Giant stratovolcano • Elevation of 19,336 feet or 5,895 miles • Its highest cone is named Kibo • Africa’s largest volcano and among the largest on Earth

  4. Lake Victoria • A Great Lake of Africa • 26,560 miles in size • Africa’s largest lake • Largest tropical lake in the world • 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world • Source of the Nile • One of the most densely populated regions on earth

  5. Horn of Africa • A peninsula of East Africa • Contains the countries of Djibouti, Ethiopia, • Eritrea and Somalia • Inhabits 86.5 million people • Located in the middle of the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer • Arid region

  6. Droughts in Ethiopia • Pre-famine conditions now reported in parts of East Africa • Large numbers of children suffer from malnutrition • Animals dying due to lack of water and feed • 2.3 million people affected by the famine • Financial support being provided by Canada and the United States

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