Unbelievable Facts - Strange Facts - Africa

Out of Africa

Prevailing easterly winds carry nearly 700,000 tons of sand ans dust from the Sahara Desert into the Atlantic Ocean every day.

If all the bends in the River Nile were straightened out, it would flow from the Equator right up to Scottish Highlands.

Only three countries in the world are bigger than the Sahara Desert – Russia, Canada and China.

The Kalahari Desert is southern Africa covers an area larger than France.