Geography of Africa

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Across
  1. 3. a semiarid grassland that separates the Sahara in the north from tropical grasslands in the south
  2. 4. the ocean that sits to the east of Africa
  3. 6. Africa's largest island
  4. 8. a key term meaning "grassland"
  5. 10. a major desert in southern Africa
  6. 11. located in central Africa, covered by Africa's largest rainforest
  7. 13. the longest river in the world, flows through Egypt and Africa for 4,000 miles
  8. 15. the largest river in West Africa
  9. 17. a major river in central Africa that has a large rainforest surrounding it
  10. 18. a key term meaning "the gradual transition from fertile to less productive land"
Down
  1. 1. Africa's tallest mountain
  2. 2. a wide valley in East Africa, part of a chain of valleys formed when tectonic plates eparated
  3. 3. the largest hot desert in the world, covering most of North Africa
  4. 5. the ocean that sits to the west of Africa
  5. 7. a key term meaning "a region drained by a river system"
  6. 9. a river in Southern Africa that flows through many south-central countries to the Indian Ocean
  7. 12. a major river in southern Africa
  8. 14. a key term meaning "surrounded by land on all sides, with no direct access to a seacoast"
  9. 16. the sea that sits on the northeast coast of Africa, separating it from Asia