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The area of the Congo basin is greater than that of any other river except the Amazon, while the African inland drainage area is greater than that of any continent but Asia, where the corresponding area is 1,000,000 km 2 (390,000 sq mi). [1] West of Lake Chad is the basin of the Niger, the third major river of Africa.
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa, which is also the second largest in the continent.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [9] With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population.
List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 5,000 to 20,000 square kilometers; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 1,000 to 5,000 square kilometers; List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area from 0.1 to 1,000 square kilometers
Continent: Africa Area: [2] note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Unguja. total: 947,300 square kilometres (365,800 sq mi) land: 885,800 square kilometres (342,000 sq mi) water: 61,500 square kilometres (23,700 sq mi) Area comparative. Australia comparative: slightly smaller than South Australia
With a land area of 637,657 square kilometers, Somalia's terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands. [3] Its coastline is more than 3,333 kilometers in length, the longest of mainland Africa. [4] It has been described as being roughly shaped "like a tilted number seven". [5]
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In 1967 it was calculated that the country's forested area extended over no more than 24,000 square kilometres (9,300 sq mi) of terrain, of which 18,000 km 2 (6,900 sq mi) were overgrown with brushwood and scrub. [13] By contrast, woodlands in 1830 had covered 40,000 km 2 (15,000 sq mi). [13]