Africa covers about 12 million square miles and it’s the second largest continent in the world amounting to about 20% of the total land area of the world. Africa is mostly associated with wild life but it’s also home of the original the Seven Natural wonders. The African continent runs about 26,000km from the east to the west coastline. The continent has the largest animal concentration in the wilderness in the world. Some of the most sought after wildlife are the big five which are the Leopard, Crocodile, Elephant, Lion, Rhinos, Hippos, and Gorillas. There over 3000 protected areas to keep these animals on the continent.
Ngorongoro Crater
This is yet another wonder of Africa and the second in Tanzania. It is one of the world’s largest caldera that is unbroken. This Caldera is also known as the “Africa’s Garden of Eden”. The crater homes about 28000 animals that include Lions, Elephants, Rhinos, and Hippos.
Victoria Falls
This is one of the seven wonders of Africa. The falls are a big member of this list and its one of the biggest attractions in Africa. The falls are on the Zambezi river in the Southern Part of Africa. The seven wonders of the world were first declared on February 2013.
Serengeti Migration
The Serengeti plains which are part of the Serengeti national Park. The plains are shared between Kenya and Tanzania and this facilitates the migration of animals between the countries. The other side of the plains in the Kenya side is known as the Masai Mara.
Fish River Canyon
This wonder is located in the southern Part of the continent in Namibia and it about 100 miles long and it has about the width of about 27km creating one of the world’s largest canyon.
Sahara Desert
This is the hottest and largest dessert in the Africa and only the third in the world behind Antarctica and the Arctic. The desert runs about 4800 Kilometers from east to west and is about 1800 Kilometers from north to south. In totals it is about 3,552,140 square miles.
Nile River
This is the longest river in the world. It’s about 6,650km and it runs from Uganda, through South Sudan, then Sudan and Finally Egypt. The river sub divides into the white and blue nile as one comes from Uganda and the other Ethiopia.
Mount Kilimanjaro
The Kilimanjaro Mountain is another on the list of the wonders o Africa. It is the tallest free standing mountain in the world. The mountain stands at about 5895 meters above sea level. It is also one of the only and largest stratovolcanoes in the world.
Okavango Delta
This Delta is the biggest and largest delta on the inland. It has survived poaching and ravishing. There was a national park that was gazzetted by the wild life authority in Botswana. This was to protect the enormous wild life that bloomed here due to the good weather that supports a good ecosystem.
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