Clues to Africa’s Geography
Teacher Directions: Cut the clues into individual strips. Hand each pair of students one
strip. Have the students rotate the strips every three minutes until they have answered
each question and plotted all the features. Have them create their own key to shade in the
areas.
A. What is the strip of grassland on the southern border of the
Sahara Desert?
B. What is the mountain range in Northwestern Africa?
C. What is the mountainous region located near the horn of East
Africa?
D. What is the largest river flowing through the Congo Basin and
emptying into the Atlantic Ocean?
E. What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
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Africa’s Geographic
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F. What ocean lies to the east of Africa?
G. What body of water lies to the north of Africa?
H. What is Africa’s largest lake? How big is it?
I. What is the great valley that extends, with several breaks, from
Syria to central Mozambique? How long is it?
J. What is the longest river in Africa? How long is it?
K. What is the broad, level area of land that is located in north
central Tanzania and extends east of the southeastern shore
of Lake Victoria?
L. What extensive rainforest covers a large part of central Africa
and is almost completely surrounded by mountains?
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Africa’s Geographic
Features
M. What island is located about 240 miles off the southeastern
coast of Africa?
N. What is the largest desert in southern Africa?
O. What ocean lies to the west of Africa?
P. What is the major river in western Africa that empties into
the Gulf of Guinea?
Q. What is the enormous desert that stretches across North Africa?
R. What is the sea that is actually an arm of the Indian Ocean and
extends northwest between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula?
January 30,2002
Jillian Eriksson
www.BeaconLC.org@2001
Africa’s Geographic
Features
January 30,2002
Jillian Eriksson
www.BeaconLC.org@2001
Africa’s Geographic
Features