Africa - The Land And Its Resources
Location
South of Europe and south-west of Asia.
Strait - Narrow arm of seas separating two landmasses and links two seas.
The Strait of Gibraltar separates Africa from Europe and links the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
The Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb separates Africa from Arabia and links the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
Isthmus - Narrow arm of land linking two landmasses and separating two seas.
The Isthmus of Suez links Africa and Asia and separates the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
The Indian Ocean - East and the Atlantic Ocean - West.
The equator, the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn crosses Africa.
Africa is the most tropical of all continents.
As a greater of the continent lies tropical zone.
The North - 37 Degrees and the South - 35 Degrees.
Description of Africa
Second largest continent.
Area - 30 million sq. km.
Vast - United States, Europe, India and Japan could fit and still there would be empty space left.
Physical Features
The Plateaux