ARCH 252 Final: Study Guide

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Geography & environment; regions, rivers, lakes, savannas, deserts, lakes, forest, rift valleys. Regions: sub saharan africa, north africa (mostly arab) Egypt, libya, tunisia, morocco, algeria: east africa /horn of africa. Ethiopia, eritrea, somalia, djibouti, tanzani, kenya, ugana, burundi, rwanda. Ethiopian highlands, sast african highlands: west africa. Ahaggar mountains, atlas mountains, tibesti mountains: central africa. Equatorial guinea, republic of the congo, central african republic: southern africa. Rift valley system: western & eastern rift valley, lake victoria to jordan rift valley, part of larger afro-arabian rift system 6000km long, olduvai gorge, hadar, jordan rift valley is very prone to earthquakes, lowest point of the rift. Nile is the gift to egypt, with no nile there"s no egypt. Floods begin in sudan in april, reach cairo in october. River falls during nov with lowest levels in may. Modern floods controlled by aswan high dam. Ancient egyptians really appreciated the nile (called him hapi)

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