The historical geography of Africa is saturated with a variety of climates, geographic features, and cultures, and has been home to many civilizations.
The Nubian Desert is a mysterious and rugged region of Northeast Africa, nestled between Egypt and Sudan. It is a kingdom of sand dunes, rocky plateaus and sultry sun, hiding traces of ancient civilizations. In its silent expanses are the ruins of Nubian temples and caravan routes that once linked East and Africa. History The […]
The Kalahari Desert is an arid region in southern Africa, covering areas of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. Despite the name, it is more of a semi-desert with savannahs, rare trees and shrubs. The Kalahari is famous for its red sands, extreme temperature variations and unique fauna including meerkats, oryx and lions. It is home
Lake Malawi, aka Lake Nyasa, is the southernmost lake of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. It fills a chasm in the Earth’s crust, at the edges of which are now the states of Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. Of all the African Great Lakes, Nyasa is distinguished by its beautiful beaches. Nyasa is very
The Gulf of Suez, one of the two large gulfs of the Red Sea, stretches from the Strait of Jubal in the south to the city of Suez in the north, connecting to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. Even in the most ancient times people tried to connect the Red Sea and the
The Great Rift Valley (or Great Rift) is a vast geologic structure that is a system of tectonic faults that extends vast distances across East Africa and Asia. The valley was formed by the movement of lithospheric plates and active volcanism. East African Rift Valley The Great Rift Valley (East African Rift Valley) is a
The warmest ocean on Earth The James Bond Islands, located off the southern coast of Thailand, have a unique look due to the bizarre shape of the rocks. These islands became famous as the filming location for one of the episodes of the movie “The Man with the Golden Gun”. The Indian Ocean is the
Kilimanjaro is a mountain range of volcanic origin on the East African plateau, which is located in the most attractive area for tourists in Africa – Tanzania, near the border with Kenya. Kilimanjaro is one of the tallest standing alone mountain ranges on the globe. Kilimanjaro is most often photographed from the Kenyan side. This
The giant caldera of the extinct volcano Ngorongoro is located within the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, on the edge of the Serengeti Plain, adjacent to the famous Olduvai Gorge with its valuable anthropological finds of the Olduvai culture and the active “soda” volcano Ol-Arinyo-Aengai. The fresh crater lake Magadi in the center of
The Red Sea is a narrow sea located between Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Sudan, Jordan and Israel to the north, and Djibouti, Eritrea, Yemen and Somalia. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal in the north. The Red Sea is rich in biodiversity and its coral reefs are among the most
Lake Tanganyika is the largest and second deepest freshwater lake in the world. It is located in East Africa and is part of the Great Rift Valley. Lake Tanganyika is located between four countries: Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. History Lake Tanganyika – one of the deepest lakes in the world
