Geography Physical Map Of Africa
This lesson is an exploration of the physical geography of japan.
Geography physical map of africa. The red dashed line is the equator. Mt kilimanjaro is the highest peak of the continent and sahara desert is the world s largest desert. Africa map physical map of africa description. Activity 1 physical features of africa study the map of africa below showing the rivers and lakes.
To see the names of the countries refer to the political map of africa on worksheet rl2 sent previously. Read the summary on page 1 as well. The physical map of africa showing major geographical features like elevations mountain ranges deserts seas lakes plateaus peninsulas rivers plains some regions with vegetations or forest landforms and other topographic features. Africas physical geography environment and resources and human geography can be considered separately.
Students will label a physical map and participate in a group activity to place and label physical features on a large map. It has a total area of 752 618 square kilometres slightly larger than france of which 9 220 km is water. African countries maps view. Zambia has a total of 5 664 km of land boundaries and it borders.
The physical map of africa depicts various geographical features of the continent such as mountains deserts rivers lakes plateaus. Within its regular outline it comprises an area of 30 368 609 km 2 11 725 385 sq mi excluding adjacent islands. Köppen climate classification map of zambia. Angola for 1 110 km democratic republic of the congo for 1 930 km malawi for 837 km mozambique for 419 km namibia for 233 km tanzania for 338 km zimbabwe for 797 km.
Then answer the questions below. Maryvale college grade 5 geography map skills physical features of africa. Mt kilimanjaro is the highest peak of the continent and sahara desert is the world s largest desert. Topographical map of africa a topographic map highlights hills mountains and valleys of a specific land area by exaggerated shading rather than by using contour lines.
The rivers are shown as thick blue lines and the lakes are the. Africa the second largest continent is bounded by the mediterranean sea the red sea the indian ocean and the atlantic ocean. Zambia is a landlocked country located in southern africa to the east of angola. The physical map of africa depicts various geographical features of the continent such as mountains deserts rivers lakes plateaus.