Transcript The Nile River - Cobb Learning

Atlas Mountains
Sahara Desert
Sahel
savannas
Tropical rainforests
largest in Africa; second largest
behind the Amazon
Kalahari
Desert
equato
r
Tugela Falls
• World’s second
tallest waterfall at
over 3200 feet
• Largest waterfall in
Africa
Victoria Falls
• Second Largest
waterfall in Africa
• Over 1.8 Million
gallons per minute go
over the falls
Victoria Falls
Bridge for bungee jumpers
Escarpment
s are COOL!
Great Rift Valley
Great Rift Valley
• Large fissures in the
Earth’s crust
• a large system of rift
valleys in eastern Africa
and the Middle East
• runs for about 3,000 miles
from the Jordan valley in
Syria into Mozambique
• marked by a chain of
lakes and a series of
volcanoes, including
Mount Kilimanjaro
• May break off and
become new island
continent
African Savannah
African Savannah
• Home to great
herds
• Long stretches of
grasslands
African Sunset over the Savannah
Sad note: The savannas are shrinking due to desertification.
LOOK: More escarpments!!
Victoria Falls
1 of the
7 Wonders of the World
Victoria Falls again…
Notice the trees…they look like
they are upside down!
Mud on the elephants
keep them cool
Elephant
Mufasa…is
that YOU?
It’s