Great Rift Valley extends about 6,437 kilometers, the route from East Africa, many lakes and the nearby
volcanic peaks clearly mark out. South, the edge of the Rift Valley in Malawi can clearly see there is a big
hard block collapsed along the parallel to the fault to form masks Virginia Sand Lake (Lake Nyasa) spiking
upward slope. 584 km long lake, but never more than 80 kilometers wide, the lake maximum depth of
704 meters. Rift valley along the Shire (Shire Valley) directly near the Mozambique Beira (Beira) of the
Indian Ocean.
Rift Valley Western Rift Valley from the Ni Yasha Hubei branch or side extension into a large arc Naru Lu
Quarry Lake (Lake Rukwa), Lake Tanganyika (Lake Tanganyika, Lake Baikal in Siberia inferior to the
world's deepest lake), Lake Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert. Sub-branches of the rift mweru (Mweru)
and Lake Ukraine Pemba (Upemba) Lake basin.
Most occur along the line of the Great Rift Valley lakes, than the average height of the plateau is much
lower. They are generally very deep, and the fjords are very similar. In sharp contrast to Lake Victoria,
which is all of Africa's largest lake, accounting for 1,134 meters above sea level on the plateau, a shallow
concave depression, the plateau is located between the main branches of the Great Rift Valley. The
deepest lake is only 82 meters, but the area has reached 69,485 square kilometers, is smaller than the
Caspian Sea and Lake Superior, the world's third largest lake, is the world's second largest freshwater
lake.
Location
East Africa is located in the southwest of the Western Hemisphere, north and south across the equator,
stretching from north-western parts of the Old World. East near the Indian Ocean, west Atlantic, north
across the Mediterranean and Europe, directly across the Strait of Gibraltar, Dongbei Yu to narrow the
Red Sea and Suez Canal, close to Asia. Island Name Interpretation: Greek word for "sun hot. "
Area and Population
Approximately 30.2 million square kilometers (including nearby islands). The world's total land area of
about 20.2%, behind Asia, the world's second-continent. Population of 794 million in 2000, accounting
for 12.9% of the total population of the world, ranking second in the world. Where blacks account
for about two-thirds of the total population. . Africa's natural growth rate ranks first in the world.
Population distribution is extremely uneven, and the Nile Delta region, about 1 per 000 square km.
Sahara, Namib, Kgalagadi Desert and some other arid steppe, semi-desert areas less than 1 person per
square kilometer. There are large areas of no man's land. masks
Race
Most residents are black, the rest are white and yellow people, Africa is the world's most complex ethnic
composition of the continents. Africa has more than 700 ethnic and tribal. Language: their language is
very complex, the dialect counted about 1,500 kinds. More commonly Niger - Kordofanian language, Luo
- sub-language, Asian - non-languages and Khoisan languages. Religion: more than believe in primitive
religion and Islam, Protestant and Catholic minority. Hafun mainland east angle range (latitude 10 ° 27 ',
longitude 51 ° 24 '), south agulhas angle (latitude 34 ° 51 ', longitude 20 ° 02 '), west Verde (latitude 14 °
45 ', longitude 17 ° 33 '), north to Guillain-angle (angle of the race card) (latitude 37 ° 21 ', longitude 9 °
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