AFRICA VIEW

AFRICA VIEW

Summary:

1) Map.
2) Second Largest Continent in the World.
3) Total Area.
4) African countries.
5) Relief.
6) Deserts.
7) Soils.

1) MAP:

AFRICA STATES FLAG

AFRICA MAP

2) SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT IN THE WORLD:

Africa, one of five parts of the world, located on both sides of the equator, bounded on the east by the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, on the north by the Mediterranean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, separated from Asia by the Suez Canal and Europe by the Strait of Gibraltar.

This massive continent stretches 8,050 km from its northern tip, Cape Blanc, in Tunisia, at its southern tip, Cape Agulhas, in South Africa. Its maximum width, from Cape Verde, in Senegal, to the west, to Ras Hafoun, in Somalia, to the east, is about 7,560 km. It culminates at Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m at Mount Kibo), at the snow-capped peak in Tanzania. The lowest region is the saline depression of Lake Assal (153 m below sea level) in the territory of Djibouti.

3) TOTAL AREA:

With an area of ​​30,330,000 km^2, of which 622,000 km^2 is for the islands, Africa is the second continent by size (22% of the land area).

4) AFRICAN COUNTRIES:

Number of countries in Africa: 54.

List of countries in alphabetical order:

South Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benign
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Green cap
Central African Republic
Comoros
Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ivory Coast
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Equatorial Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Morocco
Mauritius
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Uganda
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra leone
Somalia
Sudan
South Sudan
Tanzania
Chad
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

5) RELIEF:

In general, the altitude of the African continent increases from north-west to south-east. The low coastal strips, with the exception of the Mediterranean coast and the coast of Guinea, are generally narrow, before rising abruptly.

6) DESERTS:

The Sahara, the largest desert in the world, stretches from the Atlantic to the Red Sea on both sides of the Tropic of Cancer. This vast depression is dotted with reliefs (Mauritanian Adrar, Aïr, Hoggar, Tibesti). Parts of the Sahara, such as Tanezrouft and the Libyan Desert, are extremely arid. To the east, the desert is crossed by the Nile; it ends with the Arabian desert and the Nubian desert in front of the Red Sea.

South of the desert, this depression continues with a transition region, the Sahel (whose name means "shore"), made of lowland and low ripples. To the south-west, the Fouta-Djalon, the Atakora massifs, in northern Benin, and Adamaoua, in southwestern Cameroon, are the few points emerging from the relief. In central Africa, the Congo Basin is a major depression.

7) SOILS:

Most African soils have irregular drainage and a poorly visible water table, except in the Sahara where large fossil layers and underground rivers have been spotted (Algeria, Libya). Deforested soils are often uncultivable due to heavy rains and leaching of minerals.

The island of Madagascar consists of a central plateau ravaged by erosion and bordered on the east by a humid coastal plain.


Illustration Credit: Muhammad Sharjeel.