PHYSICAL
GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA
1)
GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES of AFRICA
-North:The
Mediterranean Sea
-East:The
Indian Ocean
-
South:The
Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean
-West:The
Atlantic Ocean
2) ELEMENTS
OF THE RELIEF
Valleys
and
basins:
NIGER
BASSIN, CONGO BASIN
Plateaus:
DARFUR
PLATEAU,AFRICAN
PLATEU, SOUTHWESTERN AFRICAN PLATEU
Mountain
Ranges:
ATLAS,
ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS, RIFT VALLEY, DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS
Peaks:
KILIMANJARO
(Rift Valley)
Undersea
areas/Wetlands:
NILE’S
DELTA, MOUTHS OF THE NIGER, OKAVANGO
DELTA
Deserts:
SAHARA,
KALAHARI, NAMIB
3)
ELEMENTS OF THE COAST
Oceans:
ATLANTIC
OCEAN, INDIAN OCEAN
Seas:
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA, RED SEA, ARABIAN SEA
Peninsulas:
HORN OF
AFRICA, SINAI
Isles:
MADEIRA
ISLANDS, CANARY ISLANDS, CAPE VERDE, MADAGASCAR, SEYCHELLES.
Gulfs
and Bays:GULF
OF GUINEA, GULF OF BENGUELA, GULF OF ADEN,
Capes:
ESPARTEL,
CAPE BLANC,CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, CAPE GWARDAFUY,
Straits/Channels/Canals:
STRAIT
OF GIBRALTAR, MOZAMBIQUE
CHANNEL,
SUEZ
CANAL
)
ELEMENTS OF THE INLAND HYDROGRAPHY
Rivers:
The
Mediterranean basin:NILE
RIVER
The
North Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Guinea basins: SENEGAL,
VOLTA,NIGER
The
South Atlantic Ocean basin:CONGO,
ORANGE
The
Indian Ocean:LIMPOPO,
ZAMBEZE
Lakes:
VOLTA, CHAD,
TANGANYKA, VICTORIA, MALAWI,
ADMINISTRATIVE
and POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY of AFRICA
COUNTRY
|
CAPITAL
|
COUNTRY
|
CAPITAL
|
MOROCCO
|
Rabat
|
CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
|
Bangui
|
ALGERIA
|
Algiers
|
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
|
Kinshasa
|
TUNISIA
|
Tunisia
|
SOUTH SUDAN
|
Juba
|
LYBIA
|
Tripoli
|
UGANDA
|
Kampala
|
EGYPT
|
Cairo
|
RWANDA
|
Kigali
|
WESTERN SAHARA
|
Laâyoune
|
BURUNDI
|
Bujumbura
|
MAURITANIA
|
Nouakchott
|
ERITREA
|
Asmara
|
MALI
|
Bamako
|
ETHIOPIA
|
Addis Ababa
|
BURKINA FASO
|
Ouagadougou
|
DJIBOUTI
|
Djibouti
|
NIGER
|
Niamey
|
SOMALIA
|
Mogadishu
|
CHAD
|
N’djamena
|
KENYA
|
Nairobi
|
SUDAN
|
Khartoum
|
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SENEGAL
|
Dakar
|
TANZANIA
|
Dar es Salaam
|
THE GAMBIA
|
Banjul
|
ANGOLA
|
Luanda
|
GUINEA BISSAU
|
Bissau
|
ZAMBIA
|
Lusaka
|
GUINEA
|
Conakry
|
MALAWI
|
Lilongwe
|
SIERRA LEONE
|
Freetown
|
MOZAMBIQUE
|
Maputo
|
LIBERIA
|
Monrovia
|
NAMIBIA
|
Windhoek
|
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
|
Yamoussoukro
|
BOTSWANA
|
Gaborone
|
GHANA
|
Accra
|
ZIMBABWE
|
Harare
|
TOGO
|
Lome
|
SOUTH AFRICA
|
Pretoria
|
BENIN
|
Porto-Novo
|
LESOTHO
|
Maseru
|
NIGERIA
|
Abuja
|
SWAZILAND
|
Mbabane
|
CAMEROON
|
Yaounde
|
CAPE VERDE
|
Praia
|
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
|
Malabo
|
MADAGASCAR
|
Antananarivo
|
GABON
|
Libreville
|
COMOROS
|
Moroni
|
REPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO
|
Brazzaville
|
SEYCHELLES
|
Victoria
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