World Geography Part 3

Africa : - 

• It is the second largest and second most populous continent of the world. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the North West, Red sea is the North, Indian Ocean in the South, Arbian Sea in the East and Atlantic Ocean in the west.
• It comparises 56 countries. South Sudan separatated from Sudan and becomes a new Country in 2011.
• It's norther most point is Cape Blance ( in Tunisia ) and the Southern most point is Cape Agha's (in South Africa).
• It's highest point is Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) in Tanzania and the lowest point is Lake Assal (153 m below sea level) in Dijibouti.
• Important mountain range are Ahaggar, Atlas Drakensberg, Tigesti, etc.
• Important desert are the Sahara, the Kalahari and the Namib desert. Sahara is the largest desert of the world.
• Important rivers are the Nile, the Zaire, the Niger and Zambezi. The Nile is the longest river in the world.
• Important dams are the Aswan dam on Nile and Kariba dam on a Zambezi River.
• Area is 30,221,532 sq. Km., Which is about 20.4 % of the world total land area.
• Population of more than billion which is about 14.72 % of the world's total population.
• Climate is predominantly Equatorial type and tropical grassland type, as almost the entire Africa lies in the Torrid Zone.
• Many language are spoken in Africa. Arabic is spoken by the Maximum along with Swahili, Bantu, Zulu, English, etc.
• Largest lakes are lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika and lake Nyasa. From Victoria originates the river Nile.
• Four largest countries in the decreasing order of areas are Sudan, Algeria, Aaire and Libya.
• Four most populous countries in the decreasing order Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Zaire.
• The three point where Africa almost touches Eurasia are Gibraltar, Suez and Bab -el - Mandeb.
• The country having highest death rate and least life expectancy in the world is Sierra Leone, which is in Africa only.
• Important tribes are Bantus, Berbers, Hausas, Masais, Pygmies, Hottentots, Bushmen, Tuaregs Kikuyus, etc.