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| depressions found throughout Africa- some as deep at 5000 feet and 625 miles across. |
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| the world's longest river, flowing over 4,000 miles through the Sudan Basin into Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. |
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| a long, thin valley created by the moving apart of the continental plates, present in East Africa, stretching over 4,000 miles . |
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| a volcano in Tanzania in Africa, also Africa's highest peak. |
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| a steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top. |
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| the largest desert in the world, stretching 3,000 miles across the African continent |
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| an underground layer of rock that stores water. |
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| a place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface; it supports vegetation and wildlife. |
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| an area of East Africa, containing some of the best grasslands in the world and many grazing animals. |
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| the area encompassing the tops of the trees in a rain forest, about 150 feet above ground. |
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| delta of the Niger River and an area of Nigeria with rich oil deposits. |
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| a narrow band of dry grassland, running east to west on the southern edge of the Sahara, that is used for farming and herding. |
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| an expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts |
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| a dam on the Nile River in Egypt, completed in 1970, which increased Egypt's farmable land by 50 percent and protected it from droughts and floods. |
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| loose sedimentary material containing very small rock particles, formed by river deposits and very fertile. |
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| a mountain range in South Asia that includes Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain peak |
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| a landmass that is like a continent, only smaller, such as South Asia, which is called the Indian subcontinent. |
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| land that is rich farmland, composed of clay, silt, sand, or gravel deposited by running water. |
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| a set of closely grouped islands. |
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| a ringlike coral island or string of small islands surrounding a lagoon. |
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| a seasonal wind, especially in South Asia. |
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| a violent storm with fierce winds and heavy rain; the most extreme weather pattern of South Asia. |
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| the dominant religion of India. |
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| river in South Asia; an important water resource flowing more than 1,500 miles from its source in a Himalayan glacier to the Bay of Bengal. |
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| high water level brought by a cyclone that swamps low-lying areas. |
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| a broadened seaward end of a river, where the river's currents meet the ocean's tides. |
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| mountains located in the west of China that are the source of two of China's great rivers, the Huang He (Yellow) and the Chang Jiang (Yangtze). |
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| a river in northern China, also called the Yellow River, that starts in the Kunlun Mountains and winds east for about 3,000 miles |
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| the longest river in Asia, flowing about 3,900 miles from Xizang (Tibet) to the East China Sea. |
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| a tropical storm, like a hurricane, that occurs in the western Pacific. |
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| a desert located in northern China and southeast Mongolia, and a prime area for finding dinosaur fossils. |
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| the worlds largest dam on the Yangtze river in China. |
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| Communist leader of China who came to power in 1949 and ruled until 1976. |
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| Chinese philosophy based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese philosopher who lived about 500 b.c. |
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| Island nation roughly 100 miles from China, China would love to take them back over. |
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