Howstuffworks "Other Physical Features of Africa"

British East Africa

British East Africa, the former name of a region in eastern Africa composed of three British colonies—Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika.

British West Africa

British West Africa, formerly the British possessions in western Africa. By 1965 all had become independent or merged with other countries.

East Africa

East Africa, a region in eastern Africa, consisting of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Ifni

Ifni, a former province of Spain in Africa, now part of Morocco. It covered 579 square miles (1,500 km2) and was bordered on three sides by Morocco and by the Atlantic Ocean on the fourth.

The Aswan Dam

Aswan Dam the name of two dams on the Nile River in Egypt. The first dam at Aswan, designed for irrigation and flood control, was completed in 1902.

The Faiyum Depression

FaiyÛm, or Fayum, both, an Egyptian oasis in the Libyan Desert. It is about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Cairo.

The Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip, a region on the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.

The Gold Coast

Gold Coast, the name of a former British crown colony in western Africa. The colony and several nearby regions became the nation of Ghana in 1957.

The Great Rift Valley

Great Rift Valley, a geological fault system stretching about 4,000 miles (6,400 km) from the valley of the Jordan River in southwestern Asia to the Zambezi River in Mozambique.

The Mozambique Channel

Mozambique Channel, a strait in the Indian Ocean off southeastern Africa, between Mozambique and Madagascar island.

The Qattara Depression

Qattara Depression, an arid desert basin in northwest Egypt, about 200 miles (320 km) west of Cairo.

The Suez Canal

Suez Canal, a ship canal in Egypt and a major navigational route for world trade.

Ténéré, a vast region within the Sahara. It makes up most of the Republic of Niger and stretches into southeastern Algeria and northwestern Chad, bounded by the Ahaggar and Aïr mountains and the Djado Plateau.

The Witwatersrand hill range

Witwatersrand, or Rand, South Africa, a gold-mining area in Gauteng Province. Since 1886, when gold was first discovered there, it has been one of the world's great gold producers.