Frozen Planet
2012
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- 1. Kalahari Jan 2, 2013
- Deserts sit side-by-side Africa, and in spite of the lack of water, they are teeming with life.
- 2. Savannah Jan 9, 2013
- In the constantly changing climate of east Africa, creatures must be able to deal.
- 3. Congo Jan 16, 2013
- In Africa's rainforest, animals find ingenious ways to make a life in a claustrophobic landscape.
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Africa, Second largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, the Red Sea, and the Indian Ocean and is divided almost equally by the Equator. Area: 11,642,094 sq mi (30,152,882 sq km). Africa is composed largely of a rigid platform of ancient rocks that underlies vast plateau regions in the interior.
Oct 19, 2023 · Africa, the second largest continent, is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is divided almost equally in half by the Equator. Africa's physical geography, environment, resources, and human geography can be considered separately.
Oct 28, 2023 · The median age on the African continent is 19. In India, the world’s most populous country, it is 28. In China and the United States, it is 38. More than a third of the world’s young people will...
Africa is the second-largest continent in the world in both area and population. It is an almost entirely isolated landmass with only a small land bridge in the northeast, connecting the African Mainland with Western Asia. Area. Africa covers six percent of the world's total surface area, roughly 30,244,000 km² (11,700,000 mi²).
Africa is the most tropical of all the continents; some four-fifths of its territory rests between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. As a consequence, the cultures and the physical variations of the peoples reflect adaptation to both hot, dry climates and hot, wet climates.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. With 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population.
