| A | B |
|---|
| Africa's largest river | Nile River in Egypt |
| Length of the Nile River | 4160 miles (6693 km) |
| Highest point in Africa | Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania |
| Height of Mt Kilimanjaro | 19,340 feet (5895 meters) |
| Highest recorded temperature | El Azizia Libya 136 F (57.8 C) |
| Wettest Place | Debundscha, Cameroon 405 in (1,028.7 cm) avg precip per year |
| Driest Place | Wadi Halfa, Sudan .1 in (.3 cm) avg precip per year |
| Smallest Country | Seychelles 175 sq miles (456 sq km) |
| Largest Country | Sudan 967,498 sq miles (2,505,820 sq km) |
| Largest Desert | Sahara 3500,000 sq miles (9065,000 sq km) |
| Largest Island | Madagascar 226,658 sq miles (587,044 sq km) |
| Highest Waterfall | Tugela, South Africa 2,014 feet (614 meters) |
| Number of countries | fifty-three |
| Life expectancy | 52.6 |
| Average Age | 19.1 |
| gift of the Nile | Egypt |
| Width of the Nile's fertile river valley | thirteen miles wide |
| delta | triangle shaped area of land made from soil deposited by a river |
| cataracts | rocky rapids that make sailing difficult |
| Nile's floods | covered the land with rich fertile black silt |
