Sahara Desert Sahel savannas Kalahari Desert equato r Atlas Mountains Tropical rainforests largest in Africa; second largest behind the Amazon.

Sahara Desert

Sahel

savannas

Kalahari Desert

equator

Atlas Mountains

Tropical rainforestslargest in Africa; second largest behind the Amazon

Tugela Falls• World’s second tallest waterfall at over 3200 feet

• Largest waterfall in Africa

Victoria Falls• Second Largest waterfall in Africa

• Over 1.8 Million gallons per minute go over the falls

Victoria Falls

Escarpments are COOL!

Bridge for bungee jumpers

Great Rift Valley

Great Rift Valley• Large fissures in the

Earth’s crust• a large system of rift

valleys in eastern Africa and the Middle East

• runs for about 3,000 miles from the Jordan valley in Syria into Mozambique

• marked by a chain of lakes and a series of volcanoes, including Mount Kilimanjaro

• May break off and become new island continent

African Savannah

African Savannah• Home to great herds

• Long stretches of grasslands

African Sunset over the Savannah

Sad note: The savannas are shrinking due to desertification.

LOOK: More escarpments!!

Victoria Falls 1 of the 7 Wonders of the World

Victoria Falls again…

Notice the trees…they look like they are upside down!

Elephant POO!

Mud on the elephants keep

them cool

Mufasa…is that YOU?

It’s Pumba!