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Exploring Africa's Physical and Cultural Geography Using ArcView

Activity 1 Answer Key: Physical Geography

Step 7.

A) [Atlas Mountains of Morocco]

B) 1. [Zambezi flows East to the Indian Ocean]

    2. [Nile flows North to the Mediterranean Sea]

Step 11.

C) [Fewest rivers begin in the Tropical Belt]

D) [Most rivers begin in the Subequatorial Belt]

Step 16.

E) 1. [Northern section – Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco]

    2. [Eastern section – Ethiopia, Djbouti, Somolia]

F) [Precipitation in mid-belt 601-1400mm]

Step 21.

G) [Vegetation types North of the Atlas Mountains are Mediterranean and Low Grass]

H) [Dominant relief feature of the grasslands are the High Plains]

*** End of Activity 1 for ArcView Answer Key ***

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