Civil Services Prepby Garima Malik & Nitin Sangwan Account

UPSC Prelims · General Studies

Geography

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World physical geography by continent and ocean

Africa: physical features

Practise 2 PYQs

Concepts to cover

  1. East African Rift valley; lakes Tanganyika, Malawi, Turkana (largest desert lake, Jade Sea, Kenya and Ethiopia), Albert, Victoria; Lake Chad shrinking; Lake Faguibine dried
  2. Rivers: Nile (White and Blue), Congo, Niger, Zambezi (Victoria Falls, Kariba), Orange, Limpopo, Senegal, Volta
  3. Highlands: Atlas, Ethiopian highlands, Drakensberg, Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Ruwenzori, Ahaggar and Tibesti
  4. Sahara, Sahel, Kalahari, Namib; Congo basin rainforest
  5. Coasts and seas: Gulf of Guinea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Mozambique Channel, Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar
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