A Vast and Varied Land

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  1. 4. grasslands
  2. 7. Many thousands of years ago, the Sahara was_____.
  3. 8. For thousands of years, people found the Sahara _____ to cross.
  4. 10. _____ ______ drained the seas to leave lush tropical grasslands called the savanna.
  5. 11. The river shown on page 413.
  6. 12. The Atlas Mountains, the Sahara and the Ahaggar Mountains are examples of these types of features.
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  1. 1. This region of MAli is located along the southern Sahara and show on page 413.
  2. 2. North Africa developed _______ because the Sahara cut it off from the rest of the continent.
  3. 3. It's located in North Africa and means "desert".
  4. 5. Covering 3.5 _____ _____ ______, the Sahara is the size of the continental US, Alaska and Hawaii combined.
  5. 6. Africa is a ________.
  6. 9. the process by which once fertile land is transformed into a desert