Points to Remember for World Geography-AFRICA

• Sirocco is a type of hot wind blowing from Sahara  to Mediterranean.
• Swahili is the oldest surviving African language.
• The country Zaire has the maximum Hydro- electric  Power  potential  in Africa.
• The country Djibouti is facing the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb.
• Dar-es-Salam is the easternmost terminus of Tanjara railways which begins from Katanga  mineral  belt.
• Ostrich is the flightless bird of Kalahari Desert.
• Ethiopia is the place of origin of coffee.
• Pretoria is the administrative capital of S. Africa.
• Nilots are the aborigines of upper    Nile.
• River Zaire is the only river that crosses the equator  twice.
• Nubian  desert  lies  in Egypt.
• The countries Ethiopia and Somalia form  the  Horn  of Africa.
• High Veld is the temperate grassland of South  Africa.
• Africa is the most tropical of all   continents.
• Most part of Kalahari Desert lies in Botswana.
• The Farmers of the Egypt are also called Fellahin.
• Gibraltar, Suez and Bab-el-Mandeb are three points where Africa almost touches Eurasia.
• Cape of Agulhas is the southernmost tip    of Africa.
• Mt Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa.
• Teff is the highly nutritious crop of Ethio-pian  high  lands.
• Bab-el-Mandeb  is  called  Gate  of Tears.
• Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda are the bordering  countries  of  Lake Victoria.
• Khartoum is the city at the confluence of the Blue  and  the  White Nile.
• Al-Aziziya of Libya is the hottest place in the  world.
• Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia are the three Maghreb Republics.
• Tana is the source of Blue Nile while Victoria is the source of White    Nile.
• The 'Great Bitter' and Little Lake are along the  Suez  Canal.
• Zaire is a large geographically disadvantaged  state.
• Lake Assal, Djibouti is the lowest point in Africa.
• Tuaregs  is  the  nomadic  herders  of Sahara.
• The Lake Victoria in East Africa is not laying in  the  Great  Rift Valley.
• Lake Chad is the region of inland   drainage.
• Cape Town is the seat of legislature of S. Africa.
• The Rain Forest is the natural region with greatest biodiversity.
• The South African farmer of Dutch descent is  called Boer.
• Lourenco Marques was renamed as Maputo.
• A new country Eritrea was carved out of Ethiopia  during  1990s.
• River Orange is a boundary between S.Africa and  Namibia.
• Masai  is  the  pastoral  tribe  of Kenya.
• In Africa, the best quality iron-ore (magnetite)  is  found  in Liberia.
• Witwatersrand  is  famous  for Gold.
• Kimberly  is  famous  for diamond.
• Victoria Falls was discovered by Livingstone.
• The countries Ethiopia and Liberia of Africa were  never colonized.
• Victoria  Falls is on river Zambezi.
• Victoria Falls is the largest water falls in the world.
• Akosombo dam is situated on the river Volta.
• River Limpopo is the boundary between the South  Africa  and  Botswana.
• Lake Nasser is on River   Nile.
• Harmattan is hot local wind blowing form Sahara  to  Guinea Coast.
• Abuja and Dodoma is the new capital of Nigeria  and  Tanzania.
• South Africa is the island of Gold and Diamonds.
• Four largest countries in decreasing order of area are Sudan - Algeria - Zaire - and  Libya.
• Nigeria is the land of oil palm.