WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which physical feature divides Africa into two distinct regions?
A
the Atlas Mountains
B
the Nile River
C
the Persian Gulf
D
the Sahara Desert
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Sahel is a narrow band of semi-arid land that forms a transition zone between the Sahara to the north and the savannas to the south. It is made up of flat, barren plains that stretch roughly 5, 400 kilometers (3, 300 miles) across Africa, from Senegal to Sudan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Sahel, the vast semi-arid region of Africa separating the Sahara Desert to the north and tropical savannas to the south, is as much a land of opportunities as it is of challenges.

Detailed explanation-3: -What are the main physical features of Africa? The dominant physical features of Africa are the Nile River, Mount Kilimanjaro, Victoria Falls, Lake Victoria, and the Sahara Desert. The Nile River is the longest river on the planet. The highest mountain peak in Africa is Mount Kilimanjaro.

Detailed explanation-4: -Shifting tectonic plates have been splitting the continent since the East African Rift – a 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert – emerged in 2005.

Detailed explanation-5: -the Living Africa: the land-Sahara Desert-Physical Features. The Sahara’s topographical features include shallow basins, large oasis depressions, serirs or regs (gravel-covered plains), plateaus, mountains, sand sheets, dunes and sand seas (ergs).

Detailed explanation-6: -In the post-colonial era, many international organizations, foreign governments and academics divided Africa into two major regions: North Africa (Arab Africa) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Black Africa). The rationale for this bifurcation of Africa into two regions was political and cultural.

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