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  2. Geography of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth 's surface. [1] Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of 30,368,609 km 2 (11,725,385 sq mi), excluding adjacent islands. Its highest mountain is Kilimanjaro; its largest lake is Lake ...

  3. Great Rift Valley - Wikipedia

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    Great Rift Valley. The Great Rift Valley ( Swahili: Bonde la ufa) is a series of contiguous geographic trenches, approximately 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) in total length, that runs from Lebanon in Asia to Mozambique in Southeast Africa. [1] While the name continues in some usages, it is rarely used in geology as it is considered an imprecise ...

  4. Drakensberg - Wikipedia

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    South Africa and Lesotho. Geology. Type of rock. Basalt and Quartzite. The Drakensberg ( Zulu: uKhahlamba, Sotho: Maloti, Afrikaans: Drakensberge) is the eastern portion of the Great Escarpment, which encloses the central Southern African plateau. The Great Escarpment reaches its greatest elevation – 2,000 to 3,482 metres (6,562 to 11,424 ...

  5. Atlas Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range, which stretches around 2,500 km (1,600 mi) through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The range's highest peak is Toubkal, which is in ...

  6. Ethiopian Highlands - Wikipedia

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    Ethiopian Highlands. The Ethiopian Highlands (also called the Abyssinian Highlands) [1] [2] is a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia in Northeast Africa. It forms the largest continuous area of its elevation in the continent, with little of its surface falling below 1,500 m (4,900 ft), while the summits reach heights of up to 4,550 m (14,930 ft).

  7. Geography of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Geography of South Africa. /  29.000°S 24.000°E  / -29.000; 24.000. South Africa occupies the southern tip of Africa, its coastline stretching more than 2,850 kilometres (1,770 miles) from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic (western) coast southwards around the tip of Africa and then northeast to the border with Mozambique ...

  8. List of highest mountain peaks of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The highest African mountain is Kilimanjaro, which has three peaks, named Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira, of which Kibo is the tallest. Mount Kenya is the second highest mountain in Africa which also has three main peaks, namely Batian, Nelion and Lenana Point. /  3.07583°S 37.35250°E  / -3.07583; 37.35250  ( 1. Kibo (Uhuru Pk) (5895 m))

  9. Great Escarpment, Southern Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Great Escarpment is a major topographical feature in Africa that consists of steep slopes from the high central Southern African plateau [1] downward in the direction of the oceans that surround southern Africa on three sides. [2] [3] While it lies predominantly within the borders of South Africa, in the east the escarpment extends ...

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