African Physical Geography

Based on the clues provided, name these African locations.
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Highest peak in continent
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Second-highest peak
Mt. Kenya
Valley in which these two peaks lie
Great Rift Valley
Longest river
Nile
Sea which ^ flows into
Mediterranean
Second longest river
Congo
Famous East African savanna known for its wide variety of animals
Serengeti
Island off the coast of Tanzania
Zanzibar
River that rises from the Kalahari through Zimbabwe to the Indian Ocean
Limpopo
Landmass that juts into the Arabian Sea
Horn of Africa
Fourth biggest island on earth
Madagascar
Geological formation in South Africa which includes the Drakensberg Range
Great Escarpment
Three largest lakes by volume
Victoria
Tanganyika
Nyasa
Desert in the South African interior
Kalahari
Largest desert in the world
Sahara
Belt of shrubland and steppe to the south of ^
Sahel
Cape which lies at the southwest extreme of the continent
Cape of Good Hope
River which feeds Lake Chad, cuts through Nigeria
Niger
Body of water which ^ empties into
Gulf of Guinea
Four regions in western Africa, named for prominent resources
Ivory Coast
Gold Coast
Slave Coast
Grain Coast
Strait which separates Morocco from the Iberian Peninsula
Strait of Gibraltar
Largest reservoir in the world, contained in Ghana
Lake Volta
Canal dividing Egypt from the Sinai Peninsula
Suez Canal
Mountain range which stretches through southern Morocco/Algeria
Atlas Mountains
Depression located west of the Nile Delta in the Libyan Desert
Qattara Depression
River that feeds Victoria Falls, fourth longest in continent
Zambezi
Sea separating Africa from Arabia
Red Sea
Passageway between ^ and the Indian Ocean
Gulf of Aden
River that forms South Africa's northern boundary and drains Lesotho
Orange River
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16 Comments
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Level 59
Dec 23, 2014
Great quiz!
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Level 67
Dec 23, 2014
Thanks, sir!
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Level 42
Mar 2, 2015
Two Questions:

Aren't Gold Coast, Slave Coast, Ivory Coast, and Grain Coast in West Africa, not East Africa?

And wouldn't the Libyan Desert be West of the Nile and not East of it?

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Level 67
Mar 3, 2015
Yes, they are. They're both fixed, thanks.
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Level 89
Mar 11, 2025
Well, I learned something today. I was going to complain that the Qattara Depression was found in Egypt, not Libya, but then I double checked and discovered that the Libyan Desert is a term for an entire region of the Sahara that extends into Egypt. Didn't know that!!

(I got Qattara anyway, but only because I guessed it out of desperation, not being able to think of a significant depression that would lie west of there, in Libya proper.)

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Level 72
Mar 11, 2025
Nice quiz. Please accept Bab al Mandab for the passageway between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Also a couple of errors: the Limpopo does not rise in the Kalahari, it rises on the Witwatersrand, south of the Kalahari. The Niger river does not feed Lake Chad (if it did it probably wouldn't be drying up), it enters the Gulf of Guinea well west of Lake Chad. Thanks
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Level 73
Mar 11, 2025
I tried half a dozen spelling variations of Bab al-Mandab before putting in Gulf of Aden...
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Level 79
Mar 11, 2025
Could you allow Pepper Coast as a type in for Grain Coast?
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Level 49
Mar 11, 2025
the sahara is only the 3rd largest in the world
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Level 76
Mar 11, 2025
Perhaps the qualifier "hot" should be placed before desert, but it's pretty obvious that is what it means.
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Level 49
Mar 11, 2025
also accept atlantic ocean for niger river question
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Level 99
Mar 11, 2025
Great and funny quiz.

Only thing, IMHO the gulf of aden question is just wrong.

The actual passageway name is bab el mandeb (or al mandab).

It's the same as using "alboran sea" as an answer for "Gibraltar".

but maybe it's me

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Level 76
Mar 11, 2025
No it's not just you. This should be tended to.
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Level 76
Mar 11, 2025
Great quiz that really covers the whole continent nicely! Would you consider accepting "East African Rift" as a synonym for "Great Rift Valley" ? Google tells me they're often used interchangeably.
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Level 84
Mar 16, 2025
accept "pepper coast" for "grain coast"
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Level 67
Feb 14, 2026
I know, everyone nit-picks, but change the wording on the Limpopo question. It does not drain into the Indian or any other body of water. It is an inland delta, very unique.