IMPORTANT MOUNTAINS AND PLATEAUS

NAME	INFORMATION
Atlas mountains Divided into five separate ranges running parallel to each other. (I)                 High (haut) Atlas Mts. (II)               Anti – atlas (III)             Middle atlas (IV)             Maritime atlas	Highest peak – Jbel Toubka (4165m) located in High Atlas Mountains.           These mountains sweep across the centre from north east to south – west and rising 2, 750 m in the Middle atlas to over 4,000 m in the high atlas and the south an anti –atlas (the uplifted edge of the Saharan platform) reaches 2,000 m.          An example of Fold Mountain.
Ethiopian highlands      Highest peak: Ras Dashan (4,620 m) is the Africa’s third highest peak.	High plateau of volcanic origin.     This high plateau is split by the Great Rift Valley along a north east –southwest line.     Source of the Blue Nile River.
Mt. Kenya (5, 200 m)	Africa’s second highest peak, volcanic in origin.
Mt. Elgon(4,210  m)	Mighty peak of Kenya, lies on the Uganda Border.
Mt. Kilimanjaro (5, 895 m),	Also known as Mount Kibo.           It stands alone, not a part of mountain range.           Africa’s highest peak located in Tazania.           An example of extinct volcanoes.          Coffee is grown on the slopes of Kilimanjaro.          Just 322 km from the equator mountain peaks covered with perpetual snow throughout the year.
Drakensberg scarp land	High escarpment in southeast Africa caused by lava flow.          An example of continetalplateau, formed due to epierogenic (continental) building) movement.          From the escarpment rim, the land slopes inwards down to the Kalahari Desert in the north.
Mount Ruwenzori (5,109m)	Situated near the lake mouth or lake Albert in Zaire.          Known as the         The mountains of the moon’.
Mount Cameroon (4,070 m)	Only active volcanic mountain of Africa,       dominates the coastline Cameroon.          Known for iron ore deposits.          Wettest place in Africa along sloops of Mt. Cameroon.
Tibesti  Massif (3, 400 m)	Desert Mountains which is situated in the south east of Sahara in North Chad.
Ahaggar massif	Desert Mountains of Algeria.
Bomi and Nimbas hills	The main khills of Liberia, known for iron ore deposits.
Katanga Plateau	One of the largest copper and diamond producing region o Zaire.
Jos plateau	The northern half of Nigeria consists of the undulating Jos plateau which rises to over 1,500 m in the centre.          Tin is the main mineral of this region.
Mount Sinai	Desert Mountain of Egypt.