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There are a number of other physical features in Africa, including plateaus and man-made features. Learn about the Aswan Dam, the Gaza Strip and the Suez Canal.
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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. See more »
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British East Africa
British East Africa, the former name of a region in eastern Africa composed of three British colonies—Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika.
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British West Africa, formerly the British possessions in western Africa. By 1965 all had become independent or merged with other countries.
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East Africa, a region in eastern Africa, consisting of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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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.
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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.
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FaiyÛm, or Fayum, both, an Egyptian oasis in the Libyan Desert. It is about 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Cairo.
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Gaza Strip, a region on the southeastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
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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.
See more »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.
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Mozambique Channel, a strait in the Indian Ocean off southeastern Africa, between Mozambique and Madagascar island.
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Qattara Depression, an arid desert basin in northwest Egypt, about 200 miles (320 km) west of Cairo.
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Suez Canal, a ship canal in Egypt and a major navigational route for world trade.
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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.
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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.
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Victoria Falls, a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Walvis Bay, Namibia, a port city about 150 miles (240 km) west of Windhoek, the national capital.
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Zanzibar, an island region of the nation of Tanzania. Zanzibar consists of a group of coral islands in the Indian Ocean off the east African coast.
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