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Geography

The geography of Algeria

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Algeria, officially the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, is the largest country in Africa and the tenth-largest in the world. It spans approximately 2,381,740 square kilometers (919,590 square miles), with more than 80% consisting of desert. Located in North Africa, it forms a key part of the Maghreb region.

A striking desert landscape unfolds under a vast, clear blue sky with faint wisps of clouds, dominated by a towering, weathered rock formation known as a mushroom rock or pedestal rock that rises prominently from the orange sands like a natural monument in Algeria’s Sahara Desert, its base broad and … Continue

The geography of Africa

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Africa is the world’s second-largest continent (after Asia), covering approximately 30.37 million square kilometers (about 11.7 million square miles), or roughly 20% of Earth’s total land surface. It stretches approximately 8,000 km (5,000 miles) from north to south and 7,400 km (4,600 miles) from east to west. The continent is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea and Indian Ocean to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its northernmost point is near Cape Blanc in Tunisia, its southernmost at Cape Agulhas in South Africa, its easternmost at Cape Guardafui in Somalia, and its … Continue

The geography of South America: a continent of dramatic contrasts

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South America is the fourth-largest continent by land area, covering approximately 17.8 million square kilometers (about 6.88 million square miles), or roughly 12% of Earth’s land surface. It forms the southern part of the Americas, connected to North America via the narrow Isthmus of Panama. The continent stretches from about 12°N latitude (near the Caribbean) to 55°S at Cape Horn, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, and is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east and northeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Drake Passage to the south (separating it from Antarctica). … Continue