(a) Draw an outline map of Africa. On the map, locate and name: (i) the canary and the Madagascar Islands (ii) Drakensberg mountain (iii) Latitudes 37°N and...
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(a) Draw an outline map of Africa. On the map, locate and name:
(i) the canary and the Madagascar Islands
(ii) Drakensberg mountain
(iii) Latitudes 37°N and 231/2°S.
(b) Describe the position and size of Africa in relation to other continents.
Answer Details
(a) Outline map of Africa
(b) Position and size of Africa in relation to other continents
Position
- Africa lies almost centrally between the other continents and is almost bisected by the Equator into Northern and Southern Africa.
- It lies approximately between latitudes 37°N and 35°S, and longitudes 15°W and 51°E. The meridian of about 20°E nearly divides it into eastern and western parts.
- It is bounded to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, which separates it from Europe.
- To the north-east it is bounded by the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which separate it from Asia. Africa is connected to Asia at the Isthmus of Suez.
- It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and by the Indian Ocean to the east and south-east.
- It is the most tropical continent because about three-quarters of its land area lies between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.
Size
- Africa is the second-largest continent after Asia.
- It has an area of about 30 to 31 million km², approximately one-fifth of the world’s land surface.
- It is about two-thirds the size of Asia and is larger than Europe, North America, South America and Australia.
- It extends for about 8,000 km from north to south and about 7,000 km from east to west.
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