Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
An Acacia tree in the Kokiselei river, northern Kenya. The greater Turkana Basin in East Africa (mainly northwestern Kenya and southern Ethiopia, smaller parts of eastern Uganda and southeastern South Sudan) determines a large endorheic basin, a drainage basin with no outflow centered around the north-southwards directed Gregory Rift system in Kenya and southern Ethiopia.
East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the African continent, distinguished by its geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the region is recognized in the United Nations Statistics Division scheme as encompassing 18 sovereign states and 4 territories.
Pages in category "Plains of Africa" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. African Surface; K.
Much of Africa is made up of plains of the pediplain and etchplain type often occurring as steps. [2] [3] The etchplains are commonly associated with laterite soil and inselbergs. [2] Inselberg-dotted plains are common in Africa including Tanzania, [4] the Anti-Atlas of Morocco, [2] Namibia, [5] and the interior of Angola. [6]
Map of the Great Rift Valley. The Great Rift Valley (Swahili: Bonde la ufa) is a series of contiguous geographic depressions, approximately 6,000 or 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in total length, the definition varying between sources, that runs from the southern Turkish Hatay Province in Asia, through the Red Sea, to Mozambique in Southeast Africa.
Great Plains: Missouri Plateau, Glaciated: Missouri Plateau, Unglaciated: Black Hills: High Plains: Plains Border: Arctic Coastal Plain: Colorado Piedmont: Raton section Pecos Valley: Edwards Plateau: Central Texas section Central Lowland Dissected Till Plains: Eastern Lake section Osage Plains: Till Plains Western Lake section Wisconsin ...
Plains of Africa (7 P) Plateaus of Africa (2 C, 30 P) R. Reefs of Africa (2 C, 5 P) River deltas of Africa (3 C, 5 P) Rock formations of Africa (5 C, 7 P) S. Shoals ...
This total area can be subdivided to 2.69 million square kilometers (74%) in Central Africa, 680,000 square kilometers (19%) in West Africa, and 250,000 square kilometers (7%) in East Africa. [7] In West Africa , a chain of rain forests up to 350 km long extends from the eastern border of Sierra Leone to Ghana .