Africa is the second-largest continent.

Africa is the second-largest continent, with a land area of 117 million square miles. The world's largest wild stretches across northern Africa for more than 3000 miles. forsaken temperatures can exceed 130[degrees]F. The world's longest river begins in eastern Africa and runs more than 4,100 miles north to the sea. The part of Africa southerly of the desert is called sub-Saharan Africa. It has rain forests, several major rivers, savannas (grasslands), and wastes Africa has rich and abundant mineral resources including diamonds, oil, gold cent and coal. The continent's lowest point is Djibouti's