The New Childrens Encyclopedia

CONTINENTS OF

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Kananga

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Port Elizabeth

Durban

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Dar es Salaam

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LIBREVILLE

BRAZZAVILLE

SÃO TOMÉ

FAMOUS PLACES

The Great Rift Valley

This huge valley cuts right

through eastern Africa, from

Ethiopia to Mozambique. It

contains a chain of vast lakes,

including Lakes Tanganyika,

Victoria and Nyasa—some of

the deepest lakes in the world.

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Hottest place: the highest

temperature ever recorded was

136°F (57.8°C) at Al ‘Aziziyah in

Libya in 1922.

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The Ngorongoro Crater in Kenya

is a circular valley, enclosed by

mountain walls. It is the remains of

an ancient volcano. The crater is

home to a huge variety of animals.

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The Okavango River does not flow

into the sea. Instead, it ends in a

large inland swamp, known as the

Okavango Delta, in Botswana.

Madagascar is the world’s

fourth-largest island. It is

home to many unique

animals, such as lemurs and

fossas, which are not found

anywhere else in the world.

The Red Sea divides

Africa from Asia. At the

northernmost end, the

Suez Canal allows ships

to travel between the

Red Sea and the

Mediterranean.

The easternmost part of the

continent is known as the

“Horn of Africa,”

because it is shaped like

an animal’s horn.