Africa

пÑ"? Africa is a continent comprising 61 political territories (including 53 countries), representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface. Separated from Europe by the Mediterranean Sea and from much of Asia by the Red Sea, Africa is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus of Suez (which is transected by the Suez Canal), 130 km (80 miles) wide.

пÑ"? Africa is the world's second largest continent spread over an area of 11,668,545 sq. miles, which makes up for 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area on the surface of the Earth.

пÑ"? In terms of population as well, Africa is second only to Asia with more than 900 million people inhabiting the continent which is approximately 14% of the world's total population.

пÑ"? The continent is bound by Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and Red Sea in the northeast, which separate it from the neighboring continent of Asia. Indian Ocean bounds the continent of Africa in the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

пÑ"? Some of the major countries on the continent include Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Egypt which are home to diverse cultural and geographic features.

Information on Africa Continent

Area 29 800 000 sq. km.

20% of Total Earth's Area

Estimated Population 818 m.

Highest Point Mt. Kilimanjaro (5963 mt.)

Lowest Point Lake Assal (Depth: - 156.1mt.)

Longest River Nile (with Kagera) (6690 km.)

Largest Lake Lake Victoria (69485 sq. km.)

Largest Country Sudan (2,376, 000 sq. km.)

Smallest Country Seychelles (270 sq. km.)

Africa

The major physical regions one can locate in the Africa Physical Features Map given in the page are: