| A | B |
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| Sahara | the largest desert in the world, covering most of northern Africa |
| Sahel | the dry, grassy region south of the Sahara Desert |
| Nile River | the world's longest river; which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea |
| Niger River | a river flowing from western Africa into the Gulf of Guinea |
| savanna | a broad, grassy plain with few trees, found especially in large parts of Africa |
| Lake Victoria | large lake in East Africa surrounded by Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania |
| Atlas mountains | African mountain range north of the Sahara |
| Lake Tanganyika | deep lake in the Western Rift Valley in Africa |
| Congo River | magor navigable river in central Africa that flows into the Atlantic Ocean |
| Kalahari desert | dry plateau region in southern Africa |
