Ch 19

Front 1

Great Rift Valley

Back 1

a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory to the continuous geographic trench, approximately 6,000 kilometres (3,700 mi) in length, that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in South East Africa

Front 2

Lake Victoria

Back 2

one of the African Great Lakes.

Front 3

Niger River

Back 3

the principal river of western Africa, extending about 4,180 km (2,600 mi).

Front 4

Delta

Back 4

a landform that is formed at the mouth of a river, where that river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, or reservoir

Front 5

Congo river

Back 5

(in the past also known as the Zaire River) is a river in Africa, and is the deepest river in the world, with measured depths in excess of 220 m (720 ft).

Front 6

Estuary

Back 6

a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea

Front 7

Savanna

Back 7

a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

Front 8

Namib Desert

Back 8

a coastal desert in southern Africa

Front 9

Kalahari Desert

Back 9

a large semi-arid sandy savannah in Southern Africa extending 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi), covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa