The Rich Biodiversity of Africa

This rich biodiversity of Africa supports its tourism industry by organizing camps and tours of its excellent wild life parks that give a glimpse of the famous lion, leopard, elephant and rhino. The wonderful safari parks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania offer an unparalleled wild life spectacle for adventure seekers. The luxury casino resort at Sun City in South Africa is also a popular weekend destination for the elite. Africa has boundaries like the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Red Sea to the northeast and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. The great African Continent expands across the equator. It is the oldest land mass known to man. Africa is the second largest continent in the world after Asia and is home to the earliest civilizations of the world like those of Ancient Egypt. The continent geographically boasts of gigantic mountains, tropical rainforests and three large deserts. They are the Sahara, the Kalahari and the Namib. The climate ranges from tropical to sub arctic on its highest peaks like Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and Mount Mawenzi. It is a continent known for its diverse ecosystems and a variety of wild life population. Although Africa is considered as one of the richest nations in natural resources, it is still riddled with economic problems of poverty, malnutrition and underdevelopment. It has abundant reserves of diamonds, gold, petroleum, cobalt and coltan which is a dullish black metallic mineral taken out of the mines of Congo. A majority of the world’s software devices and mobile phones today use Coltan and there is a great demand for it. [Source: Wikitravel.Org]