Africa Geo pt.1

4,132 miles

 headwaters in Burundi

 forms a prototypical delta

arises from Ethiopia's Lake Tana

Nile's biggest tributary

Lake Victoria, at...

the first of the Nile's six cataracts is

Aswan High Dam, which forms

Africa's second-longest river

it flows in a counterclockwise arc some 2,900 miles

The Upper Congo's principal sources....

rises in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga province

formerly Stanley Falls

a section of seven cataracts near Kisangani

marks the beginning of the Congo River proper

Forming the Malebo Pool

Malebo Pool near

 flows past Angola's Cabinda exclave

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness depicts

rises in eastern Angola

 flows along the borders of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe

passes through Zambia

crosses through Mozambique

enters the Indian Ocean's Mozambique Channel near

 created to allow access the Zambezi

 form large lakes of the same name on Zambezi

Victoria Falls, or Mosi-oa-Tunya

 Mosi-oa-Tunya means

is the largest waterfall by flow rate in Africa

separates Zambia and Zimbabwe

Africa's third-longest

through Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria

 entering the Gulf of Guinea

Empires were centered on the Niger

mapped by Scottish explorer Mungo Park in the 1790s

 it receives the Benue River in Nigeria

Niger Delta, known for

Limpopo river extension in South Africa

Crocidile river in

 forms the Transvaal's border with Botswana and Zimbabwe

then crosses through Mozambique (not zambezi)

 contributed to massive flooding of the Limpopo in 2000

 Rudyard Kipling, who in "The Elephant's Child" referred to it as "the great grey-green, greasy ----- River, all set about with fever-trees".

Okavango flows for about 1,000 miles

 from central Angola, through Namibia's Caprivi Strip, and into the Kalahari Desert of Botswana

terminates in a massive inland swamp known

The world's second-largest freshwater lake by area

shared between Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania

 its lone outlet is the Victoria Nile

 a precursor of the White Nile

  Named Lake Victoria

the introduction of the predatory Nile perch in the 1950s has caused environmental degradation, sending many native cichlid species into extinction

Africa's second-largest lake by area

the second-deepest in the world

deepest lake in the world

contains seven times as much water as Lake Victoria

4,700 ft deep

Lualaba River source

it is shared by Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Zambia

its Tanzanian shore is the town of Ujiji

"found" Dr. David Livingstone in 1871.

or Lake Nyasa

Africa's third-largest lake by area

southernmost of the Great Rift Valley lakes

between the nations of Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique

between the nations of Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique

its lone outlet is the Shire River

a tributary of the Zambezi

contains hundreds of species of endemic fish, especially cichlids

The largest manmade lake, by area, in the world

created by the construction of Ghana's Akosombo Dam in 1960

covers the area where the Black Volta and White Volta rivers

enough to supply nearby aluminum smelters utilizing the energy-intensive Hall-Héroult process and the needs of the rest of the country.

Formerly Africa's fourth-largest lake

pink lake (and country)

its surface area has been reduced by over 90% since the 1960s due to droughts and diversion of water from such sources

source of lake chad

 The lake is at the intersection of Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon

very shallow and has no outlet, so seasonal rainfall causes large fluctuations in its arealake chad

Cities lying Lake Chad

When its water levels are high, its water is diverted through a string of basins called the Soro

Lake Chad's water is also discharged into the

It is partially fed by the Yobe River

 it separated into northern and southern basins by the Great Barrier

 there was a proposal to divert the Ubangi River into this lake to maintain its volume

depth is only 11 meters

  Cameroon and Niger were once in conflict over who actually had control

704 foot Kalambo Falls

lak tanganyika cities

The Malagarasi and Ruizi rivers flow into this lake

tanganyika's largest outlet

boundary between Congo and Tanzania

name this lake located southeast of Lake Tanganyika

The largest river flowing into this lake is the Ruhuhu River

 the HMS Gwendolyn destroyed the German boat Hermann von Wissemann

The Ripon (RIP-uhn) Falls at the outflow of this body of water are now submerged

 the Winam (WIN-am) Gulf and the Sese (SAY-SAY) archipelago

 Speke (SPEAK) Gulf is named for one explorer of this lake

 Kagera (kuh-GAIR-uh) River

Kampala (KAHM-pah-lah), the capital of (*) Uganda, is located nearby

 Kendu and Homa Bays

Near the city of Jinja,

lake victoria dam

owens falls dam power station

largest island in lake victoria

lake victoria islands

Three-foot wooden sculptures carved by the Kerewe are found on the largest island in this body of water

receives the Kagera River

lake victoria extends into (gulf)

Lake Victoria includes parts of

In 2006 a new species of the predatory Raiamas genus of fish was discovered in a tributary of this river, the Inkisi River, and other tributaries of it include the Lomami

This second most voluminous river

includes a tributary that also runs through Angola

Angolan Congo River tributary

 Livingstone Falls on this river

A railroad beginning at Matadi

Congo River Falls

At Boyoma falls, Congo River becomes..

Congo sources

 Inga Dam

double the output of Three Gorges Dam

explored Congo River

Congo enters ocean at

Kisangani pool

Largest Congo Tributaries

Congo River flows through these cities

Lake Moeris was once connected by the Bahr Yussef canal into this river

Nile's farthest outreach

 "Sea of the Mountains"

Lake No

Nile power station

 Kiira Power Station dam on Nile

Cities on Nile

One tributary of this river has its origin at Lake Tana

and meets another tributary near (*) Khartoum

The al-Sudd marsh is formed by the primary tributary of this river

 known as the “Albert” branch before it reaches Nimule

tributary of this river is also called the Abbay and originates in Lake Tana

Rosetta and Damietta branches

The Atbarah (“ott-BAR-uh”) is an arm of this river that starts at Lake Tana

Nile Bridge

Nile Basin

Nile Takes a sharp turn at

Nile source

Sudd wetlands

Vasco de Gama named it the Espiritu Santo River

Limpopo  joins the Marico River ..

Limpopo river is unnavigable until its confluence with the

Limpopo reaches the fall line after receiving...

Limpopo dam

shares its name with a province with capital at Polokwane

mouth of Limpopo

Waterburg Biosphere

forms part of the Botswana-Zimbabwe border before joining Limpopo

Olifants River

This river rises out of a bog near Kalene Hill

Zambezi's largest contributer

Zambezi falls

Zambezi plains

Joins Cuando river

Zambezi dams

silt removal to ease transportation between the cities of Baro and Warri

Niger Explorer

Niger Cities