Rivers & Lakes
This longest river in the world flows northward through northeastern Africa and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Nile River?
This bustling coastal metropolis is the most populous city in both Nigeria and the entire African continent.
What is Lagos?
This dormant volcanic peak is the highest mountain in Africa, located entirely within Tanzania near the Kenyan border.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Completely encircled by South Africa, this mountainous enclave is known poetically as the "Kingdom in the Sky."
What is Lesotho?
Separated from mainland Africa by the Mozambique Channel, this massive landmass is the fourth-largest island in the world.
What is Madagascar?
This massive Central African river possesses the second-largest flow volume in the world and crosses the equator twice.
What is the Congo River?
This northern African capital sits near the Mediterranean coast and is located right next to the historic ruins of ancient Carthage.
What is Tunis?
Spanning almost the entirety of North Africa, this immense expanse is the largest hot desert on Earth.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This large landlocked nation in Central-North Africa contains part of Lake Chad on its western boundary and takes its name from a massive regional desert basin.
What is Chad?
Located east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, this small island nation is famously known in history as the only known home of the extinct dodo bird.
What is Mauritius?
This body of water is Africa's largest lake by surface area and acts as the primary reservoir for the White Nile.
What is Lake Victoria?
Situated beneath Table Mountain at the southern tip of the continent, this city serves as South Africa's legislative capital.
What is Cape Town?
Covering parts of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa, this basin-like desert features striking reddish sands and rich wildlife.
What is the Kalahari Desert?
Located on the strategic Horn of Africa, this nation bordered the Red Sea and won its formal independence from Ethiopia in 1993.
What is Eritrea?
This breathtaking Indian Ocean archipelago northeast of Madagascar is renowned for its granite islands and endemic giant Aldabra tortoises.
What is Seychelles?
Located in West Africa, this important river creates a vast inland delta in Mali before swinging south to empty into the Gulf of Guinea.
What is the Niger River?
Known widely as the "Green City in the Sun," this bustling East African metropolis is the capital and largest city of Kenya.
What is Nairobi?
These rugged northwestern African mountains separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the vast interior Sahara.
What is the Atlas Mountains?
This tiny nation is the smallest country by land area on the African mainland, forming a narrow strip almost completely enclosed by Senegal.
What is Gambia?
This volcanic island nation in the central Atlantic Ocean lies off the coast of West Africa and is celebrated for its morna music and Creole identity.
What is Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)?
This extraordinarily deep African Great Lake is the second-oldest and second-deepest freshwater lake in the world.
What is Lake Tanganyika?
Resting on the Cap-Vert peninsula, this vibrant coastal city is the westernmost capital on the African mainland and the capital of Senegal.
What is Dakar?
This dramatic, steep-faced escarpment forms the highest mountain range in eastern South Africa and surrounds the entire kingdom of Lesotho.
What is the Drakensberg?
This southernmost nation on the African continent meets two major oceans at Cape Agulhas: the Atlantic and the Indian.
What is South Africa?
Positioned at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel between Mozambique and Madagascar, this volcanic island nation has its capital at Moroni.
What is Comoros?