Africa

Africa

1. Africa is the third biggest continent for its size followed by Asia and America, and the second most populated in the world. Its population represents 17% of the world population. Africa’s boundaries are: the Mediterranean Sea by the north; the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

   • Geography
     • The average height of Africa is 600 meters above sea level, and it does not have, like other continents, extremely high zones and other low ones, because plateaus predominate. Africa is a continent crossed by the equinoctial line and as it is so long, it extends from the temperate zones of the north to the temperate zones of the south, comprising numerous climatic zones.
   • Main ecosystems
     • Sahara Desert: The warmest in the world, with 9 million km2 of elevation. It covers most of North Africa, from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean -Kalahari Desert: Of 930,000 km2 of extension, it crosses several countries of the South African -Great Rift Valley: It is a large geological fracture whose total extension is 4,830 km in a north-south direction, and in Africa it goes from Djibouti to Mozambique
       • Africa is irrigated by large rivers, although relatively few. The main ones are Nilo ( the second longest in the world), Congo (second the most aboundant in the world), Senegal, Volta, Niger-Benue, Orange, Limpopo and Zambezi.
   • Population: 1,330.000.000
     • Number of countries: 54
       • Languages: From 1.250 to 3.000 native languages
         • Biggest desert Sahara (9’064.958 km2)