AFRICA (SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT)

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AFRICA (SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT)
Africa map showing all the African countries, rivers, lakes.1.  Area:
11,724,300 sq. miles or 30365,700 sq.kms.
2.  Population:
1,110,635,000 according to 2013 survey.
3.  Highest Point:
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (19,340 feet or 5,895 meters).
4.  Lowest Point:
Lake Assal, Djibouti (512 feet or 156 meters below sea level).
5.  Chief Mountain Ranges:
Ahaggar, Atlas, Drakensberg, Ruwenzori, Tibesti.
6.  Important Rivers:
Congo, Limpopo, Niger, Nile, Orange, Zambezi.
7.  Important Lakes:
Albert, Chad, Nyasa, Tanganyika, Turkana, Victoria.
8.  Deserts:
Kalahari, Namib, Sahara.
9.  Countries:
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabw.
10.                   Partially Recognized and Unrecognized States:
Somaliland, Sahrawi Arab, Democratic Republic.
11.                   Dependencies:

French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Iles Eparses part only), Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha (UK).

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