Prelims · 3 Physical & World Geography · 3.8 World regional geography: continents

3.8.3 Africa: relief, rivers, lakes and the Rift Valley

Africa, the second largest continent, is mostly a high plateau with narrow coastal plains, split in the east by the Great Rift Valley with its deep lakes, and drained by the Nile, Congo, Niger and Zambezi.

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  • Standard level
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Key terms

  • Africa
  • plateau continent
  • Great Rift Valley
  • East African Rift
  • Kilimanjaro
  • Mount Kenya
  • Ruwenzori
  • Atlas
  • Drakensberg
  • Ethiopian Highlands
  • Nile
  • Congo
  • Niger
  • Zambezi
  • Victoria Falls
  • Lake Victoria
  • Lake Tanganyika
  • Sahara
  • Kalahari
  • Namib
  • Sahel
  • Veld
  • GERD

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