1. Africa A Satellite View

2. The Peters Projection

3. The Relative Size of Africa
M I L E S
M I L E S
The second largest continent after Asia (11,700,000 sq. mi.)
Two and a half the times the size of the United States

4. Major Bodies Of Water Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Nile River L. Chad
Niger River
-Gulf of Aden
Congo River
L. Victoria
L. Tanganyika
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
L. Nyasa
Zambezi River
Limpopo River
Orange River
Pacific Ocean

6. Africa Fun River Facts
The Nile is the longest river in the world and flows for 4,160 miles. It originates near the equator and flows northward into the Mediterranean. The White Nile flows from Lake Victoria through Uganda and into Sudan where it joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum. At the confluence it flows into Egypt and on to the sea

7. The Congo River Basin
The Congo is 2,720 miles long and extends over nine countries. It covers 10% of the continent
The second-largest flow in the world, trailing the Amazon. It is the deepest river in the world (depths greater than 750 ft)
Ninety-nine percent of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is in the river basin

8. The Niger River Basin
The Niger River is 2,600 miles long. Covers 8% of the continent and extends over ten countries

9. Mountains and Peaks of Africa Atlas Mts. Δ Mt. Kenya Δ Mt. Kilimanjaro
Ruwenzori Mts.
Drakensburg Mts.

10. Africa’s Great Lakes Region

11. Africa Fun Lake Facts
Lake Chad large, shallow at edge of Sahara. Huge variatons in size. Extremely important to cultures in area
Great Lakes
Tanganyika - longest and second largest by volume freshwater lake in world. Flows into Congo east to Atlantic
Nyasa (Malawi) – Third largest in Africa. It’s tropical waters reportedly are the habitat of more species of fish than any other lake on the Earth
Victoria - Africa’s largest lake, and the largest tropical lake in the world (3rd). Receives most of its water from direct precipitation. Enormous biodiversity

12. The Great Rift Valley
A continuous geographic trench over 3,700 mi in length that runs from northern Syria in Southwest Asia to central Mozambique in East Africa
The Western Rift is edged by some of the highest mountains in Africa, including the Virunga and Ruwenzori Range. It contains the Rift Valley lakes, which are some of the deepest lakes in the world

13. The Great Rift Valley

14. Major Mountains Ruwenzori Range (Margherita Peak) Kilimanjaro
Mount Kenya

15. The Deserts of Africa Libyan Desert Sahara Desert Sahel Namib Desert
Kalahari Desert

16. The Sahara Desert
From Arabic for desert (sahra) it is the world's largest hot desert. At over 3,500,000 sq mi, it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States
Varied topography and ecological history

17. The Sahel

18. Desertification
Recent drought and changes in climate and have made the Sahel hotter and more arid
High human activity puts pressure on the marginal land which leads to overuse (overgrazing, deforestation, overfarming) which degrades the land and makes it susceptible to desertification

19. The African Savannah 13 Million Square Miles

20. African Rain Forest
Covers 37 countries and over 15% of the land surface of Africa
Annual rainfall can exceed 17 feet