Atlas Mountains - runs through Morocco
- north of the Sahara Desert
- largest mountain range in Africa
Cairo - capital of Egypt
- located on the Nile Delta
- largest city in Africa
Egypt - north of Sudan
- borders the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
- one of the oldest civilizations
Great Rift Valley - runs through Kenya and Tanzania
- runs the entire length of eastern Africa
- huge break in the earth’s crust, volcanoes
Johannesburg - major city in South Africa
- west of the Drakensberg Mts.
- state says you need to know it
Kalahari Desert - located in Botswana
- east of the Namib Desert
- one of the driest deserts in the world, Okavanga Delta
Kenya - north of Tanzania
- Great Rift Valley runs through it
- Serengeti
Lagos - major city in Nigeria
- borders the Atlantic Ocean
- will soon be the largest city in Africa
Lake Victoria - surrounded by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
- source of the Nile River
- largest lake in Africa
Liberia - west of the Ivory Coast
- borders the Atlantic
- set up by the United States
Libya - located between Algeria and Egypt
- located in the Sahara Desert, borders the Mediterranean
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Mediterranean Sea - north of Egypt, Libya, and Algeria
- separates Africa and Europe
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Morocco - northwest of Algeria
- borders both the Atlantic and Mediterranean
- Strait of Gibralter
Mozambique - east of Zimbabwe
- borders the Indian Ocean
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Niger River - runs through Niger and Nigeria
- empties into the Atlantic Ocean
- movie “Sahara”
Nigeria - south of Niger
- Niger River runs through it
- largest population in Africa
Nile River - runs through Sudan and Egypt
- empties into the Mediterranean
- longest river in the world
Red Sea - east of Egypt and Sudan
- east of the Sahara Desert
- not red
Sahara Desert - in Algeria, Libya, and Egypt
- most of northern Africa
- largest desert in the world
Sinai Peninsula - located in Egypt
- separates Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
- Suez Canal, once a part of Israel
Somalia - east of Ethiopia and Kenya
- easternmost country in Africa, borders the Indian Ocean
- “Black Hawk Down”
South Africa - south of Botswana
- southernmost country in Africa
- diamonds
Sudan - south of Egypt
- Nile River runs through it
- largest area in Africa
Zaire - north of Angola
- Zaire River runs through it
- once a Belgian colony
Zaire River - runs through Zaire
- central Africa, empties into the Atlantic
- formerly Congo River