Africa Physical map

1. AFRICA: RELIEF AND WATERS
1ºESO – IES Camilo José Cela
Teacher: Rocío Bautista

2. Satellite
View

3. African
climate

4. Vegetation Zones

5. African Desert

6. African Savannah

7. African Rain Forest
Really humid!!!
15% of the land surface
of Africa.

8. Mt. Kilimanjaro:
Snow on the Equator?!?!

9. CHARACTERISTICS:
It is located between the _________________Sea , ______, the
_________ Ocean & the __________ Ocean.

It is separated from Europe by the ____________________.

It is separated from Asia by the ________ Peninsula and the
______ Sea.

It is the ___
rd
largest continent ( _____ million km
2
)

10. AFRICAN RELIEF:
It is _____ but its average altitude is ______ (750m) due to its
____________ and ___________.

Landforms in Africa:
Plateaus: Bié / Katanga
Old massifs: Ethiopian Highlands / Tibesti Mountains / Ahaggar Mountains
Depressions: Niger, Chad, Congo
Geological Rifts: Rift Valley
Plains
Young mountain ranges: Atlas, Drakensberg Mountains

11. AFRICAN COASTS:
They have ____ coastal features.

The most important are:
Somali Peninsula (Horn of Africa)
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Aden
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Guardafui
Island of Madagascar.

12. AFRICAN WATERS:
African rivers are quite ________ depending on where their waters flow to:
The rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean: are _____ and ____________.
Ej: Congo / Niger.

Rivers that flow into the Indian Ocean: are __________.
Ej: Zambeze.

Rivers that flow into the Mediterranean Sea: are _______ and have little
_______, except for the Nile, which is the __________ river in the world. In
this desert area there are ___________ (channels in which rivers flow) that
remain dry most of the year, known as “_______” in Arabic.

There are many lakes in the area of the _______ ________. Ej: Victoria,
Tanganika.

13. RELIEF

14. PLATEAUS

Katanga
plateau

15. MOUNTAIN RANGES

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands

16. PEAKS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro

17. DEPRESSIONS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin

18. DESERTS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

19. VALLEYS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

20. Great Rift Valley
4.830 km

21. COASTS

22. ISLANDS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
Madeira
Seychelles
Islands
Cape
Verde
Islands
Canary Islands
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

23. GULFS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
Madeira
Seychelles
Islands
Cape
Verde
Islands
Canary Islands
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

24. CAPES

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
Canary Islands
Madeira
Seychelles
Islands
Cape
Verde
Islands
Cape Bojador
Cape
Blanc
Cape
Verde
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Guardafuí
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

25. PENINSULAS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
Canary Islands
Madeira
Seychelles
Islands
Cape
Verde
Islands
Cape Bojador
Cape
Blanc
Cape
Verde
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Guardafuí
Sinai
Peninsula
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

26. STRAITS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
Canary Islands
Madeira
Seychelles
Islands
Cape
Verde
Islands
Cape Bojador
Cape
Blanc
Cape
Verde
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Guardafuí
Sinai
Peninsula
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

27. WATERS

28. SEAS & OCEANS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
Canary Islands
Madeira
Seychelles
Islands
Cape
Verde
Islands
Cape Bojador
Cape
Blanc
Cape
Verde
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Guardafuí
Sinai
Peninsula
A T L A N T I C

O C E A N
I N D I A N
O C E A N
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

29. RIVERS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
Canary Islands
Madeira
Seychelles
Islands
Cape
Verde
Islands
Cape Bojador
Cape
Blanc
Cape
Verde
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Guardafuí
Sinai
Peninsula
A T L A N T I C

O C E A N
I N D I A N
O C E A N
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

30. LAKES

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
Canary Islands
Madeira
Seychelles
Islands
Cape
Verde
Islands
Cape Bojador
Cape
Blanc
Cape
Verde
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Guardafuí
Sinai
Peninsula
A T L A N T I C

O C E A N
I N D I A N
O C E A N
Lake Chad
Lake
Victoria
Lake Tanganika
Lake
Malawi
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

31. OTHERS

Katanga
plateau
Ahaggar
Mts.
Tibesti
Mts.
Marra
Mts.
Ethiopian
Highlands
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Chad

basin
Congo
basin
K a l a h a r i
D e s e r t
Canary Islands
Madeira
Seychelles
Islands
Cape
Verde
Islands
Cape Bojador
Cape
Blanc
Cape
Verde
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Guardafuí
Sinai
Peninsula
A T L A N T I C

O C E A N
I N D I A N
O C E A N
Lake Chad
Lake
Victoria
Lake Tanganika
Lake
Malawi
Victoria Falls
S A H A R A



D E S E R T

32. Victoria Falls in
the Zambeze river

33. Devil’s pool in the
Victoria Falls