Africa Continent - Sahara Desert

Image from space of the continent of Africa. Physical features of the continent. Sahara Desert, savanna, the Sahel, the Ethiopian Highlands, Atlas mountain range, the rain forest and the African Great Lakes.

Climate and vegetation range from equatorial rainforests, tropical deserts and savanna grassland to Mediterranean.

Africa is the second largest of the continents, containing one-fifth of the earth's entire land surface. The Sahara, in North Africa, makes up 25% of the continent.