AFRICA SIZE

Africa is the second largest continent in the world • Africa 11,688,545 Square Miles • China 3,681,089 • Europe 3,979,405 • USA 3,678,235 • TOTAL 11,338,729 The African continent is more than three times the United States in size. El continente Africano es 3 veces más grande que EEUU. Saudi Arabia 831,000 sq. miles 1. India 1,269,000 sq. miles 2. Brazil 3,286,000 sq. miles 3. Argentina 1,073,000 sq. miles 4. Canada 3,848,000 sq. miles 5. France 210,000 sq. miles 6. Mexico 756,000 sq. miles 7. Australia 2,965,000 sq. miles 8. Russia 6,591,000 sq. miles 9. USA 3,787,000 sq. miles 10.

Peter´s Map versus Mercator Map

Distorsions in the Mercator World Map
• The north: 18,9 mill.sq.miles
• The South: 38,6 mill.sq.miles
• Europe: 3,8 mill.sq.miles
• South america: 6,9 mill.sq.miles
• North America: 7,4 mill.sq.miles
• Africa: 11,6 mill.sq.miles
 

• 15% of it is considered desert (hot with little rain)
• 10 % of it is considered tropical rainforest (tropical wet)
• 35% of it is considered savanna/ grasslands (steppe)
• The rest of Africa includes Mediterranean climate, mountain climate, tropical wet and dry, rainy and mild, and wet and mild.