FACT ABOUT THE WORLD

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Africa
● Longest river -Nile 6738 km
● Highest mountain -kilimanjaro
● Longest Desert - Sahara
● Highest valcano - Kilimanjaro
● Longest Rift valley - Great Rift valley
● Biggest lake - Lake Victoria
● Largest Island - Madagascar
(587040km)
● Lowest point - lac Assal (156m)
● It is the only continent through which the
tropic of cancer, tropic of Capricorn and
equator passes .
● It is the world's second largest and second
most populous continent after Asia. It is
called as Dark continent or Black continent
because it contains thick forest.
● Southern most point of African continent is
called as”Cape of good hope”.
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For tropic of Cancer
MMAN LE Ws
● M - Mali. L - Libya
● M - Mauritania E - Egypt
● A - Algeria Ws - Western Sahara
● N - Niger
● For Tropic of Capricorn
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● S - South Africa
● B - Botswana
● N - Namibia
● M - Mozambique
● M - Madagascar
For Equator
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● S - Somalia
● C - Congo
● K - Kenya
● U - Uganda
● Z - Zaire
● G - Gabon