Africa is the second largest continent on earth,but it has the most countries of any other continent.
Grasslands cover much of the land, and rainforests are in western Africa near the equator.
The Nile river is in Africa. Thousands of species of animals live in Africa and so do many different kinds of people. There are over 1000 languages spoken in Africa. Some of the languages have been spoken for hundreds of years, and some Africans speak the European languages of the explorers and colonists from other countries. Africa is also home to some of the tallest and the shortest people in the world.