Fun Facts about Africa

Whenever Africa is in the lime light it is all for the wrong reasons, like war, hunger, bad politics or even poverty. Today however, we shall not focus on the negatives instead we shall focus on the natural beauty of the land.
Lake Tanganyika is the deepest lake in Africa reaching a depth of 1,436m / 4,710ft making it the second deepest lake in the world after Lake Baikal in Asia.
Namib Desert is the oldest desert in the world and the oldest one in the world to be inhabited by lion, elephant, rhino and other species of wildlife. This is because it is not as dry as other desert and accommodates scattered shrubs and bushes for the africa wildlife’s survival.
The Sahara desert sadly, is expanding at an average speed of 0.8km a month or 0.5miles more so to the south of the desert. The desert currently is located in eleven countries (Tunisia, Mali, Chad, Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan, Mauritania, Niger, Libya and Algeria) either fully or partially. Meteorologists say that it receives an average of 8 inches of rainfall yearly which is way below the daily, average water consumption of man.
Lake Malawi contains the largest number of fish species in the world with over 500 species with the Mbuna rock being the most popular in the lake and is a delicacy for many of the fish eaters in the country.
Madagascar is home to the largest numbers of chameleons and their local language has over five names both colloquial and official to refer to the chameleon.
The biggest river in Congo and the only one has enough water to supply the whole of Africa with electricity all year round because it discharges 1,500,000 cubic feet of water into its tributaries that total to nearly 1.5 million square miles. River Congo has a dozen tributaries that run across different parts of the land and it is over 2720 miles or 4,375km making it the fifth longest river in the world after the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi and Volga. The irony of this is that the country is partially electrified with many using other sources of energy but they do export electricity to its neighboring countries as one of their chief exports.
Zambia is home to about three hundred and seventy five ethnic groups spread across the country. It is even keen to note that the country has enjoyed lots of periods of peace, despite these vast cultural diversities.
The Mountain Gorilla is the largest primate found in the continent with a net weight of 200kgs but the animal is rather shy, peaceful and passive as compared to other primate species. Uganda is home to a number of monkey species.
A few African Countries use bird species as their emblems on their flags. Uganda uses the Crane, Zimbabwe which has a great, yellow local Zimbabwean bird as its emblem and this bird represents the many bird species found in the country as well as across the continent.
Finally, Africa is home to one third of the world’s population with majority of the people ever so friendly and ever so helpful to anyone in need.
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