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Satellite view of Africa 1916 physical map of Africa. The average elevation of the continent approximates closely to 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level, roughly near to the mean elevation of both North and South America, but considerably less than that of Asia, 950 m (3,120 ft). In contrast with other continents, it is marked by the comparatively ...
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Topographic maps are also commonly called contour maps or topo maps. In the United States, where the primary national series is organized by a strict 7.5-minute grid, they are often called or quads or quadrangles. Topographic maps conventionally show topography, or land contours, by means of contour lines.
Map of countries coloured according to their highest point The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory. Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid , a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface.
The Fra Mauro map of 1459 shows a more detailed picture of Africa as a continent, including the Cape of Diab at its southernmost point, reflecting an expedition of 1420. Sebastian Münster 's Cosmographia (1545) labels the Cape of Good Hope , reached by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488, as caput bonae spei .
This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Africa defined physiographically. Not all points in this list are mountains or hills, some are simply elevations that are not distinguishable as geographical features. Notes are provided where territorial disputes or inconsistencies affect the listings.
Compared to the preceding map, the Great Escarpment can be identified in this satellite image of South Africa The Great Escarpment is a major topographical feature in Africa that consists of steep slopes from the high central Southern African plateau [ 1 ] downward in the direction of the oceans that surround southern Africa on three sides.
A map of the Jubba River and Shebelle River drainage basin In Sudan, the Setit is joined (at 14°20′N 35°51′E / 14.333°N 35.850°E / 14.333; 35.850 ) by the Atbarah, a river formed by several streams which rise in the mountains west and northwest of Lake