Sub-Saharan Africa: Physical Features Notes

Search Ch 19 sec 1 and answer the following questions. You should leave room for
additional notes in each section.

1. Color the four different regions of Sub-Saharan Africa: West Africa, East Africa,
Central Africa, Southern Africa

2. What are the two main

landforms that make up
Sub-Saharan Africa?

3. What is the Great Rift Valley? Draw the Great Rift Valley onto the map above.

4. What are the four major river systems of Sub-Saharan Africa?

5. What are waterways primarily used for in this region?

6. What is the principal export of many of the Sub-Saharan African countries
along the western coastline?

7. What are other resources commonly found in Sub-Saharan Africa?