africa geography

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Across
  1. 3. Borders Egypt, Chad, and Ethiopia. Northern Africa
  2. 5. Home to the Nile, borders Libya and Sudan, Northern Africa
  3. 8. This is the name for an ecosystem that is characterized by wide, expansive grasslands and sparse amount of trees.
  4. 9. This desert is found in the northern part of Africa and covers 3.5 million square miles.
  5. 13. In the center of Africa, home to Congo River, landlocked
  6. 14. This is a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania and is the highest peak in Africa.
  7. 16. This desert is found in southwestern Africa and extends approximately 360,000 square miles in to Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
  8. 17. This river is found in western Africa and runs from Guinea to Nigeria.
Down
  1. 1. This lake, in Africa, is named after a queen.
  2. 2. This country touches the Indian Ocean and borders Tanzania and Somalia.
  3. 3. The southernmost country of Africa
  4. 4. This is the longest river in Africa and was the cradle of the ancient Egyptian kingdoms.
  5. 6. This mountain range runs from Morocco to Tunisia in Northern Africa, running approximately 1,500 miles.
  6. 7. This is the name given to the geological formation that stretches from east Africa to the Red Sea and beyond into Southwest Asia.
  7. 10. This river, also known as the Zaire River, is nearly 3,000 miles long, making it the second longest in Africa.
  8. 11. This continent is the second-largest. It is widely regarded as the birthplace of man because the oldest human bones on record have been found there.
  9. 12. This semi-arid tropical region runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea and is the southern border of the Sahara Desert.
  10. 15. Touches the Atlantic Ocean, central-to-upper Africa, borders Niger and Chad