WHERE IN THE WORLD IS AFRICA Africa is the world’s second largest continent making up about one-fifth of Earth’s land area More than 50 countries are within its borders Africa is surrounded by two seas and two oceans Adventure through Africa and learn about the people ideas and inventions that have come from this incredible place AFRICA
The Twelve Apostles mountain range near Cape Town South Africa has 12 peaks Africa by the Numbers Population 1 33 billion Size 11 72 million square miles or 30 3 million square kilometers Highest Point Mount Kilimanjaro 19,340 feet or 5,895 meters
NATURAL WONDERS Africa has many different natural environments Blazing hot sands in the Sahara Desert and tropical rainforests are both found on this continent Mount Kilimanjaro even has a glacier at its top Mount Kilimanjaro Sahara Desert Mount Kilimanjaro National Parks Serengeti and Tanzania Madagascar Sahara Desert
There are two rainy seasons per year in the Serengeti Unique living things help make Africa such an incredible place Giant trees huge ferns and beautiful flowers can be found around the continent Lions elephants and giraffes roam the Serengeti grassland It even has the largest wildebeest migration on the planet Scientists come from around the world to study the land and living things of Africa Noisy Neighbors The island of Madagascar off the coast of Africa is the only place in the world with wild lemurs These small relatives of monkeys and apes cluck grunt chirp like birds or even howl like an airhorn
