Lesson 1 Africa's Geography

• Key Points

  • Much of Africa is called "the plateau continent" because much of it is high and level.

  • ​Africa has a few large bays.

  • Some of its large rivers have waterfalls and rapids where they flow into the ocean which has sometimes caused a challenge for ocean-going ships to sail up or down them

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​Africa's Geography

• Due to the waterfalls and rapids most Africans often traveled inside the continent, not around it by sea.

• The first Africans to interact with both the American and European societies were from West Africa.

• West Africa is near the equator, so it is one of the warmest places on Earth.

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• The Sahara Desert is to the north and it the largest desert in the world.

• West Africa has dry grassland to the north and tropical forest to the south.

• The Niger River runs through West Africa, it flows more than 2,600 miles.

• The Niger River was important it supplied people with fish and water, and was a trade route for moving goods and services

  
  

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