Geography: Africa video

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Where in the world is Africa?

Africa is located in South of Europe and in Southwest of Asia.

2. How many times is Africa larger than The United States?

Africa is three times larger than The United States.

3. How is the savanna defined in the video? Which animals can be found in the savanna biome?

The savanna is the wide open grassland of Africa. It’s a grassy plain which covers the half of Africa, characterized by scattered trees among a landscape of grasses and shrubs. You can find giraffes, elephants… commonly associated to Africa.

4. Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa?

It’s located at the Northern coast of Africa along the Mediterranean and also there are some in the South of Africa.

5. Which are the most famous deserts in Africa?

The Sahara Desert, the Namib Desert and the Kalahari Desert.

6. The main natural resources mentioned in the video are ...

The main natural resources mentioned in the video are rubber trees, gold mines and oil.

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1. Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to the Cape Good Hope on South Africa and 4 600 miles from Cape Verde all the way over Somalia.

2. Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that region, you can see the same average temperature and average precipitation what that means is that you also see very similar plants and animals living in that region.

3. The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are sandy, like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are rocky but in either case, the fact that it is very dry is going to make it a very difficult barrier to cross.

4. It is not the rain itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the biodiversity. There are many different plants and animals species that can be found in the rain forest  and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest for so valuable not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.

5. The Nile is the most famous river in Africa, because is the longest river in the world. But there is also the Congo River which is the ninth longest river in the world.

6. Africa actually has its own version of the great lakes with famous lakes like Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika.

7. All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an elevated land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any mountains in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the Atlas Mountains in northwestern Africa.

8. Africa also has some interesting mountains like Kilimanjaro here the highest peak in Africa which seems to just rise on it own out of the ground.

9. The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is literally, being split apart. There are some tectonic plates that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually, moving away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest elevation in Africa, but also lakes like Lake Tanganyika that is among the deepest in the world.