AFRICA

KEY TO RELIEF MAP

80. Map Studies.

What bodies of water surround Africa ?

 

THE RIVER

NILE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cape of Va
Good Hope

Look at the relief map, and describe Africa.

What isthmus joins Asia and Africa ?
A great ship canal has been dug across the isthmus

of Suez. Thou-
sands of steamers

pass through it

every year.

Before the Suez
canal was made,
the water route
from Europe to
southeast Asia
led round the
southern end of
Africa. This
canal cuts off
about one half
the distance.

Nile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
   

Every summer the Nile overflows its banks. The
water comes from great lakes near the middle of
Africa, and from melting snow on the mountains of
Abyssinia.

At this time hundreds of muddy streams flow
down the steep slopes, and swell the branches of the
The river rushes and foams over the rough

places in its bed, and the
muddy water rises higher and
higher.

In its lower part the Nile
flows through a long valley
that is only a few miles wide.
The valley is shut in between
high cliffs. A vast desert
stretches away beyond the
cliffs, on both sides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

What seas are joined by the Suez canal? Does
the land near the canal look fertile or barren ?

“Si.

The River Nile.

‘Where does the Nile river rise? In what direction

does its basin slope ?

flow ?

Into what sea does the river

Two Views of the Suez Canal,