Facts

Africa, the planet's 2nd largest continent, includes (53) individual countries. It contains the Nile River, the world's longest, and the massive Sahara Desert, the world's largest. The continent's (highest point) is Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, 19, 341ft (5, 895m), while the (lowest point) is Lac' Assal in the small country of Djibouti, 512 ft (156m) below sea level.