1. Chapter 16

2.  Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea

4. Mt. Kilimanjaro

5.  rift valleys (p. 394)  Great Rift Valley (p. 394)  Mount Kilimanjaro (p. 395)  Serengeti Plain (p. 396)  Lake Victoria (p. 396)  droughts (p. 397)

6.  East Africa is a region of many landscapes and species of wildlife. › Deserts, lakes, plateaus, grasslands, beaches  East Africa has rift valleys, places on Earth’s surface where the crust stretches until it breaks. (plate tectonics) › The Great Rift Valley is the largest rift on earth and is found in Kenya/Ethiopia.

7. Great Rift Valley

8.  The highest mountain in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro, is a volcanic mountain.  It is located in Tanzania.  Near equator but snow on top due to high elevation (19, 340 ft.)  Tanzania also has the Serengeti Plain, a large plain where wildlife thrives. › Now a national park

10.  The Nile actually begins in East Africa. › (remember it flows north into Egypt)  The Nile is formed by the joining of 2 rivers: the White Nile and the Blue Nile.  These rivers meeting in Sudan and form THE Nile. TURN TO PAGE 394  The White Nile is formed with water from Africa’s largest lake, Lake Victoria.

13.  Depending on the elevation, E. `Africa can be hot OR cool.  Areas near the equator receive the highest amount of rainfall.  Some areas further from the equator have droughts, periods of little rainfall/damaged crops.