East AfricaPhysical Features and Population

Physical Features

Sudan

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Somalia

Uganda

Kenya

Djibouti

Tanzania

Burundi

Rwanda

Seychelles

Comoros

Are these geometric or natural boundaries?

Landforms Highlands and

mountains from Ethiopia to Cape of Good Hope

Include Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya

3 subregions Great Lakes

 Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi

Horn of Africa  Ethiopia, Eritrea,

Sudan, Djibouti, and Somalia

Islands off the coast Comoros and

Seychelles Diverse vegetation

within subregions (and even in single countries)

Where are most of the lakes and rivers located?

Great Rift Valley• Formed by

tectonic plate movement

• Major lakes From Syria (in SW Asia) to Mozambique (in SE Africa)

Major Rivers Rivers

White Nile Blue Nile Tributaries meet

at Khartoum (capital of Sudan)

Confluence: the junction or combination of two rivers

Lake Tanganyika

• Second largest freshwater lake in the world by volume• Also the second deepest• Which lake ranks first?

Seychelles and Comoros

Located off the coasts of Tanzania and Madagascar in Indian Ocean

Seychelles = 115 islands Most are uninhabited Humid and tropical climate Lush vegetation Rocky and hilly islands leave little

farmland (~ 18%) Comoros = 3 islands

Nov.-Mar. = “wet” season Monsoons, heavy rains, cyclones

Apr.-Oct. = dry season Formed by volcanoes Cultivate sugar cane, ylang-ylang (for

perfume), vanilla, cloves, and tropical plants

Compare the two: Do you notice any patterns?

Jamma River Gorge, Ethiopia

Highlands of Burundi

Samburu National Forest, Kenya

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Desert and Farmland Meeting in an area in Northern Sudan

East Africa has the second largest country (by land size) Sudan

Recently (2011) split into Sudan and South Sudan after vote for independence

Population

Population East Africa has

three of the top six most populated countries on the continent Ethiopia Tanzania Kenya

Ethiopia

• Over 77.4 million people• Life expectancy = 48 years

Tanzania

• Over 36.5 million people• Life expectancy = 44 years

Kenya

• Over 33.8 million people• Life expectancy = 47 years

What patterns did you notice?

How old is the majority of the population? Which country has the most people under

the age of 14? What do these patterns indicate?