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Digital Dictionary Of Africa By: Walker Moffett Slide 2 Physical Features of Africa The Sahara Sahel Savanna Tropical Rainforest Congo River Niger River Nile River Lake Tanganyika Lake Victoria Atlas Mountains Kalahari Desert Slide 3 The Sahara The Sahara is in the northern part of Africa. It is a hot dry area and the Nile and Niger River flow through the desert Slide 4 Sahel a vast semiarid region of North Africa, south of the Sahara, that forms a transitional zone between the desert and the region known as Sudan. Slide 5 Savanna A savanna or savannah is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. Slide 6 Tropical Rainforest A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem type that occurs north or south of the equator Slide 7 Congo River The Congo River is a river in Africa and the world's deepest river with measured depths in excess of 220 m. It is the second largest river in the world by discharge. Slide 8 Niger River The Niger River is the principal river of western Africa, extending about 4,180 km Slide 9 Nile River The Nile River is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world Slide 10 Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is estimated to be the second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume, and the second deepest Slide 11 Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named after Queen Victoria by the explorer John Hanning Speke, the first Briton to document it Slide 12 Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains is a mountain range which stretches across northwestern Africa extending about 2,500 km through Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Slide 13 Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savannah in southern Africa extending 900,000 square kilometres, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia, and South Africa. Slide 14 Countries of Africa (of the Standards) Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Egypt Kenya Nigeria South Africa Sudan South Sudan Slide 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo, DRC, DROC, RDC, East Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply Congo is a country located in Central Africa. Slide 16 Egypt Egypt is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia, via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Slide 17 Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country in Africa and a founding member of the East African Community Slide 18 Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger river in the north. LOTS OF OIL AND CORRUPTION Slide 19 South Africa South Africa has LOTS of Minerals such as Diamonds Coal And many other minerals Slide 20 Sudan Officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in the Nile Valley of North Africa. It is the third largest country in Africa. The Nile River divides the country into eastern and western halves. Slide 21 South Sudan It was founded on July 09, 2011 and broke away from Sudan due to Religious differences and persecution. In the Upper North Part of the Sudan area, Islam is the main religion practiced. Slide 22 Environmental Issues in Africa Water pollution and unequal distribution of water impacts trade, irrigation, industry, drinking Poor soil and desertification in Sub-Saharan Africa Slide 23 Water pollution and unequal distribution of water DOES impact trade, irrigation, industry, and drinking Africa has little water that is drinkable due to the water pollution here. People have a hard time trading with other countries, the water is not clean and is complicated to travel through. Slide 24 Poor soil and desertification in Sub-Saharan Africa Areas near the Sahara are at risk of Desertification and erosion. These places get very little water and cant keep the plants flourishing. Slide 25 Various factors, including gender, affecting access to education in Kenya and Sudan Some Cultures dont emphasize women having an education and think they should stay at home and work. Some decide to not let them at all Slide 26 Impact of government stability on distributing resources to fight AIDS African Governments are somewhat poor or not as wealthy as other Governments in the World and cant provide enough resources for their people. Slide 27 how distribution of diamonds, gold, uranium, and oil affects Africa's economic development To some people the overall economic development of Africa is very slow. The governments of Nigeria and South Africa can act to either help its economy or continue to ruin its economy. OR Slide 28 How European countries portioning Africa has led to conflicts Many Africans were unhappy because Europeans were taking control, but mainly it was about the Europeans, who were fighting about who would get the countries in Africa... this mainly happened in 1914. Slide 29 How nationalism led to independence in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria People of these countries began Wars, Riots, and other Movements to gain their independence. Slide 30 Apartheid Apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation by the National Party, the governing party from 1948 to 1994. It was ended in 1994 by Nelson Mandela and F. W. De Klerk. Slide 31 Nelson Mandela South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. Slide 32 F. W. De Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk is a South African politician who served as the country's State President from September 1989 to May 1994. He was the last head of state of South Africa under the apartheid era. De Klerk was also leader of the National Party from February 1989 to September 1997. Slide 33 Pan-Africanism Movement Based of the belief that unity is vital to economic, social, and political progress and aims to "unify and uplift" people of African descent. The ideology asserts that the fate of all African peoples and countries are intertwined. Slide 34 Republic A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.