| A | B |
|---|
| desertification | reason why the Sahel is becoming more like the Sahara |
| Great Rift Valley | From the air this looks like a giant scar |
| plateau | Much of hte land is South Africa lies on this |
| copper | The most important mineral in Central Africa |
| elevation | reason why Mt. Kilimanjaro is covered with snow and ice |
| Sahal | this area has a steppe climate |
| Sahara Desert | physical feature that covers most of North Africa |
| tropical wet and dry | climate where is is warm year around with plenty of rainfall |
| dew and fog | ways that animals and plants of the Namib get their water |
| political problems & poor transportation systems | reasons why Central Africa don't fully develop their resources |
| pans | the minerals left behind in these areas form a glittering white layer |
| fertilizer | farmers along the Aswan High Dam must now use this to make the soil good for farming |
| waterfalls | these make travel on the Congo River from the Atlantic to the interior impossible |
| national parks | established to protect animals in the Congo rainforest |
| gold | mines in South AFrica produce most of the world's supply of this |
