AFRICA

NILE RIVER

• The length of the Nile River is approximately 4132 miles.
• The Nile River is the longest River in the world.
• Around 40 million people live in the Nile delta region.
• The Nile River flows more than 4,000 miles through Uganda and Sudan into Egypt.

MOUNT KILAMANJARO

• Mount Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain.
• Mount Kilimanjaro has three volcanic cones.
• The oldest person ever to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro was 87 years old.
• Mount Kilimanjaro snow caps are diminishing.

SAHARA DESERT

• The Sahara is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the western edge.
• The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert.
• The Sahara is 3.6 million square miles.
• Sahara actually means "desert" in Arabic.

MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL

• Mozambique Channel is a portion is located between Madagascar and Mozambique.
• The Mozambique Channel is about 1,000 miles long.
• The Mozambique varies in width from 250 to 600 miles.
• Mozambique Channel reaches a maximum depth of 10,000 feet.

CANARY ISLANDS

• The Canaries are a Spanish Archipelago.
• The canaries are located just off the northwest coast of Africa.
• Canary island means island of the dogs.
• The Canary Islands have warm weather all year.

GREAT RIFT VALLEY

• The rift valleys stretch over 4,000 miles.
• The great Rift Valley stretches from Jordan to Mozambique.
• The Great Rift Valley is a name given in the late 19th century by British explorer John Walter Gregory.
• The East African rift has two branches, the Western Rift Valley and the Eastern Rift Valley.

LIBYAN DESERT

• The Libyan Desert covers an area of approximately 1,100,000 km2.
• The Libyan desert is approximately 1100 km from east to west.
• The Libyan desert is the shape of a rectangle.
• No rivers drain into or out of the desert.

LAKE NASSER

• Lake Nasser is a reservoir of the Nile River.
• Lake Nasser is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world.
• Lake Nasser is 340 miles long.
• Lake Nasser is 22 miles across at its widest point.