AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY

Mount Kilimanjaro

• Tallest mountain
• 19,340 feet / 5895 meters.
• Tanzania

The Sahara Desert

• Largest desert
• 3.5 million square miles (9,000,000 square kilometers)
• It stretches across North Africa
• makes up a large part of a dozen countries

The Nile

• Longest river in Africa
• the longest river in the world
• 4,132 miles (6650 km).
• from Uganda all the way to Egypt

The Victoria Falls

• Largest waterfall in Africa
• just over 1 mile wide (1.7 km) and 355 feet (108 m) high.
• on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe
• The spray can be seen from over 30 miles away.

Madagascar

• Largest island in Africa
• just over 1000 miles (1580 km) long and 350 miles (570 km) wide.
• 4th largest island in the world
• off the East coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean