Wednesday, February 07, 2007

The continent of Africa, continent of Africa: 53 nations


Dakar Baskets
Originally uploaded by Artbandito.
Africa, the planet's 2nd largest continent, includes (53) individual countries, says worldatlas.com.

It contains the Nile River, the world's longest, and the massive Sahara Desert, the world's largest.

The continent's (highest point) is Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, 19,341ft (5,895m), while the (lowest point) is Lac' Assal in the small country of Djibouti, 512 ft (156m) below sea level.

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