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Images of Africa Co-ordinates are made up of two measurements: • Degrees north or south of the equator • Degrees east or west of Greenwich Meridian

If you take a map of the world and then draw in the equator and Greenwich Meridian, you divide the Earth into four sections or hemispheres: 1. ____________________ and ______________________ 2. ____________________ and ______________________ 3. ____________________ and ______________________ 4. ____________________ and ______________________ Any place on Earth can be described in terms of two hemispheres, for example, Cape Town is located in the southern and eastern hemisphere, and the co-ordinates give the precise location within these hemispheres.

Cape Town 34° S 18 ½ ° E

Eastern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

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If you looking for Cape Town on the map, an index might lead you to a map reference of block B11 or B12. You would know that Cape Town was somewhere within these blocks. Co-ordinates work slightly differently, as they show you a precise position or point. Cape Town’s co-ordinates are 34°S (South of equator) 18 ½ °E (east of Greenwich Meridian). You would find Cape Town at the exact point at which the two lines cross. CONQUERING CO-ORDINATES Read the information below. Work out the co-ordinates for the physical features labelled on the map. 400

300 23 12

0

Sahara Desert

Nile

200

latitude

100

00 Kilimanjaro

-30

-100

-200 Namib Desert

-240

Drakensberg Mountains

-300 -340

Table Mountain

-400 -200

-100

00

50

100

18 12 0

200

Longitude

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310

300



370

400

500

500

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1. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and is found in Tanzania. It is 5 895metres high. 2. The Namib Desert is found in Namibia and runs from north to south along the Atlantic coast between the Kunene and Orange Rivers. 3. Maletsunyane Falls is a 192 metre high waterall, which is one of the highest in Southern Africa. It is found in Lesotho. 4. The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world and covers about one quarter of Africa. Large areas of the desert are artificial because of poor land-use e.g. Overgrazing. There have been important oil finds in this desert. 5. Limpopo River is the second largest river in South Africa and it is about 1 600 kilometres long. It acts a border between South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. 6. The Nile River is the longest in the world with a length of 6 690 kilometres. It has important dams along its banks providing irrigation and flood control for agriculture, and hydro-electric power. 7. The Drakensberg mountains are found in the eastern part of South Africa and run through Lesotho. The range is 965 kilometres long and the highest point is Thabana Ntlenyana in Lesotho (3 483 metres). 8. Table Mountain is found in Cape Town, South Africa. It is 1 087 metres high and is made up of Sandstone. Almost all the Peninsula’s thousands of indigenous flora species may be found on the mountain.

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Write the co-ordinates for the physical features under the corresponding picture. The first one was done for you.

10. Augrabies Falls, derived from the Khoi for “place of Great Noise”. The falls are found on the Gariep-Orange River, where the water cascades down 56 metre high waterfall. It passes through a 18 kilometre gorge.

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18 0 E 1 2

 

 

 

 

 

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9. Victoria falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya, is a waterfall in Southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is 108 metres high.

 

 

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Images of Africa Co-ordinates are made up of two measurements: • Degrees north or south of the equator • Degrees east or west of Greenwich Meridian

If you take a map of the world and then draw in the equator and Greenwich Meridian, you divide the Earth into four sections or hemispheres: 1. Northern and Western 2. Northern and Western 3. Southern and Eastern 4. Southern and Eastern Any place on Earth can be described in terms of two hemispheres, for example, Cape Town is located in the southern and eastern hemisphere, and the co-ordinates give the precise location within these hemispheres.

Cape Town 34° S 18 ½ ° E

Eastern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

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Co-ordinates work slightly differently, as they show you a precise position or point. Cape Town’s co-ordinates are 34°S (South of equator) 18 ½ °E (east of Greenwich Meridian). You would find Cape Town at the exact point at which the two lines cross. CONQUERING CO-ORDINATES Read the information below. Work out the co-ordinates for the physical features labelled on the map. 400

300 23 12

0

Sahara Desert

Nile

latitude

200

100

00 Kilimanjaro

-30

-100

-200 Namib Desert

-240

Drakensberg Mountains

-300 -340

Table Mountain

-400 -200

-10

0

00

50

100

18 12 0

200

310

300

370

400

500

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Grade 5, Term 1: Social Sciences – Geography – Images of Africa - Latitude and Longitude

If you looking for Cape Town on the map, an index might lead you to a map reference of block B11 or B12. You would know that Cape Town was somewhere within these blocks.

  340 S

18 12 0 E

  300 S

 1  23 2 0 N

5 E

  23 12 0 N

310 E

 0  24 S

18 E

 

370 E

0

10 2

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30 S



310 E

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Write the co-ordinates for the physical features under the corresponding picture. The first one was done for you.

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  180 S

20 E 10 2

260 E

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300 S

280 E

23 12 0 S

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  28 12 0 S