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Learning some Swahili
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Tanzania is Africa
to the power of ten. Within its borders are Africa's highest mountain, Mount
Kilimanjaro; Africa's biggest lake, Lake Victoria; Africa's longest and the
world's second deepest lake, Lake Tanganyika; and the world's biggest
concentration of wild animals and most spectacular mammal migration in the
Serengeti.
Tanzania's highlights include the
Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater...
Tanzania lies on the Indian Ocean and incorporates the Zanzibar archipelago (the
fertile, coral islands of Zanzibar and Pemba). The mainland consists of several
clearly defined regions. The plains along the coast have lush, tropical
vegetation; half the country is savannah and bush and other regions are
semi-desert.
About 6% of mainland Tanzania is lakes, including Africa’s largest lake, Lake
Victoria, in the north-west; Lake Tanganyika, the world’s longest lake, in the
east and Lake Malawi in the south.
The main mountain ranges are found in the north-eastern, central and southern
sections, with a volcanic belt in the centre of the country near the Ngorongoro
Crater. Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, is found in the Eastern
Arc range, in the north-east.
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