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| Africa is the second largest continent in area and in population. Only Asia covers a larger area and has more people. Africa covers about a fifth of the world's land area and has about an eighth of its people. Africa is divided into 53 independent countries and several other political units. The largest country, Sudan, has an area of 967,500 square miles (2,505,813 square kilometers). The smallest country, Seychelles, has a land area of only 176 square miles (455 square kilometers). The most heavily populated African nation, Nigeria, has more than 125 million people. However, about two-fifths of all African countries have fewer than 5 million people each. The African continent is an immense plateau, broken by a few mountain ranges and bordered in some areas by a narrow coastal plain. It is a land of striking contrasts and great natural wonders. In the tropical rain forests of western and central Africa, the towering treetops form a thick green canopy. The world's largest desert, the Sahara, stretches across northern Africa. It covers an area almost as large as the entire United States. Africa also has the world's longest river--the Nile. It flows more than 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) through northeastern Africa. Much of the continent is grassland. Elephants, giraffes, lions, zebras, and many other animals live in the grasslands located in eastern and southern Africa. | ||||
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