About Africa: Sahara! Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world. The Nile River flows through 11 different countries on its way to the sea. Africa is the only continent found in all four hemispheres of the Earth. The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert almost as big as the USA

Location: Right on the equator, in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres · Countries: 54 countries the most of any continent · People: About 1.5 billion people the second most of any continent · Languages: About 2,000 languages roughly 1 in 3 of the world's languages · Size: 30 million km2 (11.7 million sq mi) second-largest · Highest Point: Mount Kilimanjaro 5,895 m (19,341 ft), in Tanzania · Lowest Point: Lake Assal, Djibouti 155 m (509 ft) below sea level · Longest River: The Nile 6,650 km (4,132 mi), the world's longest · Famous For: Safari animals like lions, elephants, and giraffes