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Coffee in the Ethiopian Highlands
• The preparation of coffee, and the coffee ceremony in Ethiopia, can take up to four hours. A coffee com-pany executive described the coffee as unbelievably wonderful, nothing like our coffee in the U.S.
Coffee in the Ethiopian Highlands
Dried coffee beans from the High-lands of East Africa. Blending and roasting determine the final taste of the brewed coffee.
Women and children sun-curing fish on the shores of Lake Victoria. The Lake is extremely important in agriculture, fishing, and tourism.
Nile River, longest river in Africa
Egypt’s ancient civilizations began and flourished along the Nile. This is the Temple of Luxor.
African Rainforests
• Bwindi is the largest rainforest in Africa. The rainforest or “jungle” extends through most of western central Africa, from south of the Congo through the Cameroons.
• Commercial logger cutting down tree in African rainforest. Some areas are protected, but may be logged anyway. The demand for exotic hardwoods floors and furniture combined with local poverty and corruption make logging tempting and profitable.
The Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari is the
largest desert in south-
ern Africa. It has sandy
areas and dunes, but its
dunes are not usually
high in elevation, or as
varied in shape, as
Saharan dunes.
Much of the Kalahari is actually dry “scrub” and dry grasslands; someareas receive enough seasonal rains to turn green in the spring.
Some parts of the Sahel can support agriculture.
• Millet is a grain grown in the Sahel; it can tolerate fairly dry conditions. Peanuts are also grown in the area. Frequent plagues of locusts put crops at risk; locusts recently caused three years of famine in the area
The Zaire River, formerly called the Congo River. The Congo Basin was named after the colonial name for the river.
Trade on the Zaire
• A barge hauling goods on the Zaire.
• This river is an important conduit for goods moving through Central Africa.
A major fault line causes the rift in the Great Rift Valley. The rift is gradually opening wider, allowing the sea to come inland. Eventually the Arabian Peninsula will split completely away from Africa and the sea will come miles inland up the Valley. Lake Victoria and several other major
lakes lie along this line.
• One of the most famous and valuable crops of Madagascar is the Madagascar vanilla bean, a descendent of the original Mexican vanilla orchid. These are vanilla flowers.
Vanilla beans
Vanilla beans are har-
vested, sorted, and
allowed to dry. Inside
the bean is a dark,
sticky substance that
contains the flavor and
scent of vanilla. The
beans are soaked to
extract the essence of the
bean.
Madagascar landscapesBaobab trees in theMadagascar forest. Madasgacar is famous for its natural beauty, including rain forests unusual species of animals. Unfortunately, deforestation is threatening the forests of Madagascar.