Geography africa Flashcards
Africa Latitude ——
N 37degrees
S 35 degrees
Africa longitude |
E 51 degrees (50)
W 17 degrees (20)
Africa surrounding oceans and sea
Mediterranean sea
North Atlantic ocean. Red sea
Arabian sea
South Atlantic Ocean. Indian ocean
Africa’s greatest missionary, explorer
David Livingstone ( 19th century)
Second largest continent by size
Africa
Africa size
30, 370,000 sq km
Open grassy plain (found mainly in Southern africa)
Veld (derived from field)
Africa’s longest glacier
Credner Glacier near Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Continent with the most diversity in languages
Africa (2000 plus languages)
World’s biggest hot desert
Sahara desert (9,200,000 sq km)
Top 5 biggest desserts (1)
Antarctica desert (Polar ice and Tundra)
( 14,200,000 sq km)
Top 5 biggest deserts (2)
Arctic desert (Polar ice and tundra)
(13,900,000 sq km)
Top 5 biggest deserts (3)
Saharan desert (subtropical)
(9,200,000 sq km)
Top 5 biggest deserts (4)
Arabian desert (subtropical)
(2,330,000 sq km)
Top 5 biggest deserts (5)
Great Australian desert (subtropical)
(1,371,000 sq km)
Tallest mountain in africa
Mt. Kilimanjaro (5,895m)
(Largest free-standing mountain rise in the world i.e. not part of a mountain range)
(Also a dormant volcano in Tanzania)
Biggest country in Africa
Algeria
Smallest country in Africa
The Republic of Seychelles
Number of countries in Africa
54
World’s longest river
Nile (6,650 km long)
Source and ending point of Nile
Source: Lake Victoria
Ending point (mouth): Mediterranean Sea
Primary rivers in Africa
Nile river
Congo river
Niger river
Zambezi river
Limpopo river
Africa is also known as the____
Dark continent (due to obstacles encountered while exploring it and how much of it was unknown to then colonizers)
Africa’s largest lake by area
Lake Victoria (59,947 sq km)
Lake victoria
-Africa’s largest lake by area
-World’s largest tropical lake
-Second largest freshwater lake by surface area after Lake Superior
Longest mountain range in Africa
Atlas Mountains (1600 km) from western Sahara to Tunisia and passes through Morocco
Most of Africa’s rainforest found in
Congo river basin on the Atlantic ocean side of the continent
Lowest point in Africa
Lake Assal (Djibouti)
Main cities of Africa
Cairo, Egypt
Cape Town, South Africa
Casablanca, Morocco
Alexandria, Egypt
Nairobi, Kenya
Continent nearly divided equally in half by the equator
Africa
