Civil Services Prepby Garima Malik & Nitin Sangwan Account

UPSC Prelims · General Studies

Geography

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Map and location knowledge: world by region

Map: Africa

Practise 5 PYQs

Concepts to cover

  1. Congo basin countries; Nile basin countries (Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Eritrea)
  2. Lakes: Victoria (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania), Tanganyika (four countries, south of the equator), Malawi, Turkana (Kenya, Ethiopia), Chad (four countries), Faguibine (Mali), Volta (Ghana), Nasser, Kariba
  3. Regions: Sahel, Horn of Africa, Maghreb, Great Lakes, Amhara and Tigray (Ethiopia), Cabo Delgado (Mozambique), Darfur, Katanga, Biafra, Casamance
  4. Gulf of Guinea states: Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana (cocoa), Nigeria (Niger delta), Togo, Benin, Cameroon; Senegal, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso
  5. Southern and eastern Africa: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana (diamonds), Zimbabwe, Zambia (copper belt), Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti
  6. Countries and lakes crossed by the equator (Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia; Lake Victoria) and by the tropics
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