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    Africa is the second largest continent, covering over 30 million square kilometers. It has a diverse landscape that includes the world's largest hot desert, the Sahara, which covers about a third of the continent. Other key physical features include the Kalahari Desert, the Congo River Basin rainforest, the Atlas Mountains, the Great Rift Valley, and the Nile River system, the longest river in the world. The continent has a population of over 1 billion people that is distributed across its varied terrain.

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    Africa is the second largest continent, covering over 30 million square kilometers. It has a diverse landscape that includes the world's largest hot desert, the Sahara, which covers about a third of the continent. Other key physical features include the Kalahari Desert, the Congo River Basin rainforest, the Atlas Mountains, the Great Rift Valley, and the Nile River system, the longest river in the world. The continent has a population of over 1 billion people that is distributed across its varied terrain.

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    Africa is the second largest continent, covering over 30 million square kilometers. It has a diverse landscape that includes the world's largest hot desert, the Sahara, which covers about a third of the continent. Other key physical features include the Kalahari Desert, the Congo River Basin rainforest, the Atlas Mountains, the Great Rift Valley, and the Nile River system, the longest river in the world. The continent has a population of over 1 billion people that is distributed across its varied terrain.

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    Africa is the second largest continent, covering over 30 million square kilometers. It has a diverse landscape that includes the world's largest hot desert, the Sahara, which covers about a third of the continent. Other key physical features include the Kalahari Desert, the Congo River Basin rainforest, the Atlas Mountains, the Great Rift Valley, and the Nile River system, the longest river in the world. The continent has a population of over 1 billion people that is distributed across its varied terrain.

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    AFRIKA

    LAND STATISTIC

    • Continent Size: 30,065,000 sq km or 11,608,000 sq miles


    • Coastline: 30,539 km or 18,976 miles
    • Percent of Earth's Land: 20.2%
    • Population: 877,500,000
    (2006 est.)
    • Population: 1,000,050,000
    (2009 est.)
    • Highest Point:
    Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
    19,341 ft or 5,895 m
    • Lowest Point:
    Lac' (lake) Assal,
    Djibouti
    512 ft or 156 m below sea level

    LANDFORM

    SAHARA DESERT
    Covering almost one-third of the continent, the Sahara is the largest desert in the
    world at approximately 3,500,000 sq. miles (9,065,000 sq. km) in total size.

    Topography includes areas of rock-strew plains, rolling sand dunes and numerous
    sand seas. It ranges in elevation from 100 ft. below sea level, to peaks in the Ahaggar
    and Tibesti mountains that exceed 11,000 ft. (3,350m). Regional deserts include the
    Libyan, Nubian and the Western desert of Egypt, just to the west of the Nile.

    Almost completely without rainfall, a few underground rivers flow from the Atlas
    Mountains, helping to irrigate isolated oases. In the east, the water's of the Nile help
    fertilize smaller parts of the landscape.

    KALAHARI DESERT
    It's about 100,000 sq. miles (259,000 sq. km) in size and covers much of Botswana,
    the southwestern region of South Africa and all of western Namibia. Along the coastal
    areas of that country it's commonly referred to as the Namib Desert.

    The desert plateau is criss-crossed by dry rivers beds and dense scrub. A few small
    mountain ranges are situated here including the Karas and the Huns. Large herds of
    wildlife are found in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, located in South Africa near
    its border with Namibia.

    CONGO RIVER BASIN


    The Congo River Basin of central Africa dominates the landscape of the Democratic
    Republic of the Congo and much of neighboring Congo. In addition, it stretches into
    Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Zambia.

    The fertile basin is about 1,400,000 sq. miles (3,600,000 sq. km) in size and contains
    almost 20% of the world's rain forest. The Congo River is the second longest river in
    Africa, and it's network of rivers, tributaries and streams help link the people and cities
    of the interior.

    ATLAS MOUNTAINS
    This mountain system runs from southwestern Morocco along the Mediterranean
    coastline to the eastern edge of Tunisia. Several smaller ranges are included, namely
    the High Atlas, Middle Atlas and Maritime Atlas. The highest peak is Mt. Toubkal in
    western Morocco at 13,671 ft. (4,167m).

    GREAT RIFT VALLEY


    A dramatic depression on the earth's surface, approximately 4,000 miles (6,400 km) in
    length, extends from the Red Sea area near Jordan in the Middle East, south to the
    African country of Mozambique. In essence, it's a series of geological faults caused by
    huge volcanic eruptions centuries back, that subsequently created what we now call
    the Ethiopian Highlands, and a series of perpendicular cliffs, mountain ridges, rugged
    valleys and very deep lakes along it's entire length. Many of Africa's highest
    mountains front the Rift Valley, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and Mount
    Margherita.

    NILE RIVER SYSTEM


    The longest river in the world (flows north), rising from the highlands of southeastern
    Africa and running about 4,160 miles (6,693 km) in length, to then drain in the
    Mediterranean Sea. In simple terms it's a series of dams, rapids, streams, swamps,
    tributaries and waterfalls. Numerous (major) rivers comprise the overall system,
    including the Albert Nile, Blue Nile, Victoria Nile and White Nile.

    SAHEL
    The Sahel is a wide stretch of land running completely across north-central Africa, just
    on the southern edges of the ever-expanding Sahara Desert. This border region is the
    transition zone between the dry areas of the north and the tropical areas of the south.
    It receives very little rain (six - eight inches a year) and most of the vegetation is a
    savanna growth of sparse grasses and shrubs. Recommended Link The World's Biomes
    (absolutely excellent)

    http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/maps/
    africa.htm

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