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África es el segundo mayor continente del mundo:
• África 11,688,545 Millas cuadradas
• China 3,681,089
• Europa 3,979,405
• USA 3,678,235
• TOTAL 11,338,729 El continente Áfricano es
3 veces más grande que EEUU.
- Arabia 831,000 sq. miles 1.
- India 1,269,000 sq. miles 2.
- Brazil 3,286,000 sq. miles 3.
- Argentina 1,073,000 sq. miles 4.
- Canada 3,848,000 sq. miles 5.
- France 210,000 sq. miles 6.
- Mexico 756,000 sq. miles 7.
- Australia 2,965,000 sq. miles 8.
- Russia 6,591,000 sq. miles 9.
- USA 3,787,000 sq. miles 10.
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Peter´s Map versus Mercator Map
Distorsions in the Mercator World Map
• The north: 18,9 mill.sq.miles
• The South: 38,6 mill.sq.miles
• Europa: 3,8 mill.sq.miles
• Sur America: 6,9 mill.sq.miles
• Norte America: 7,4 mill.sq.miles
• África: 11,6 mill.sq.miles
• 15% of it is considered desert (hot with little rain)
• 10 % of it is considered tropical rainforest (tropical wet)
• 35% of it is considered savanna/ grasslands (steppe)
• The rest of África includes Mediterranean climate, mountain climate, tropical
wet and dry, rainy and mild, and wet and mild.
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