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Africa seems one of the huge continents on the surface of the Earth, among other
Global Continents.
The area is about 30.3 million km2, or 20% of the Earth’s land surface taken
together.
The continent of Africa extends through 72 degrees of latitude from Cape
Aqulhas in the South (340 51'S) to Cape Blane in north (37degrees 51N) in Tunisia for nearly
8,000K long.
The larger part of Africa lies between Ras Hufun, northern Somali (known as the
Horn of Africa – 51 degrees 5’E) and Cape Verde, in Senegal (17 degrees 32’W) with a distance of about 7200km.
Nearly over three quarters (3/4) of the African area (nearly 77%) lies in the tropics,
- i.e. 23 1/2 and 23 1/2 latitudes north and south of the Equator. One third (?) of the African
areas is affected by cold wind belts that provide arid and semi-arid conditions of northern
and Southern Hemispheres.
And over 25% of the Africa area is covered by Great Wastes of the Sahara Desert
north of the Equator.
Titany answered the question on January 12, 2022 at 06:41