Atlas Mountains runs through Morocco north of the Sahara Desert

- north of the Sahara Desert

- largest mountain range in Africa
Cairo - capital of Egypt

- located on the Nile Delta

- largest city in Africa
Egypt - north of Sudan

- borders the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

- one of the oldest civilizations
Great Rift Valley - runs through Kenya and Tanzania

- runs the entire length of eastern Africa

- huge break in the earth’s crust, volcanoes
Johannesburg - major city in South Africa

- west of the Drakensberg Mts.

- state says you need to know it
Kalahari Desert - located in Botswana

- east of the Namib Desert

- one of the driest deserts in the world, Okavanga Delta
Kenya - north of Tanzania

- Great Rift Valley runs through it

- Serengeti
Lagos - major city in Nigeria

- borders the Atlantic Ocean

- will soon be the largest city in Africa
Lake Victoria - surrounded by Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

- source of the Nile River

- largest lake in Africa
Liberia - west of the Ivory Coast

- borders the Atlantic

- set up by the United States
Libya - located between Algeria and Egypt

- located in the Sahara Desert, borders the Mediterranean

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Mediterranean Sea - north of Egypt, Libya, and Algeria

- separates Africa and Europe

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Morocco - northwest of Algeria

- borders both the Atlantic and Mediterranean

- Strait of Gibralter
Mozambique - east of Zimbabwe

- borders the Indian Ocean

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Niger River - runs through Niger and Nigeria

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  empties into the Atlantic Ocean
  

- Niger River runs through it

- largest population in Africa
Nile River - runs through Sudan and Egypt

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  empties into the Mediterranean
  

- east of the Sahara Desert

- not red
Sahara Desert - in Algeria, Libya, and Egypt

- most of northern Africa

- largest desert in the world
Sinai Peninsula - located in Egypt

- separates Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea

- Suez Canal, once a part of Israel
Somalia - east of Ethiopia and Kenya

- easternmost country in Africa, borders the Indian Ocean

- “Black Hawk Down”
South Africa - south of Botswana

- southernmost country in Africa

- diamonds
Sudan - south of Egypt

- Nile River runs through it

- largest area in Africa
Zaire - north of Angola

- Zaire River runs through it

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  central Africa, empties into the Atlantic
  
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  formerly Congo River