Landform and landscape in Africa / Рельеф и ландфшафт в Африке

Africa is a huge continent covering 30-3 million km2 or about twenty per cent of the earth’s land surface. The continent extends some 8000 km through 72 degrees of latitude from Cape Agulhas in the south (34 51'S) to Cape Blanc in the north (37° 51'N) and its greatest east-west length lies between Ras Hafun (51° 50'E) and Cape Verde (17° 32'W), a distance of 7200 km. Africa has over three-quarters of its area lying within the tropics and one third is affected by wind belts producing arid and semi-arid conditions. <...>