Africa Africa is the second largest continent in the world behind Asia. Africa's boundries are mostly covered by water. The Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean border most of Africa. The climates go in symmetrical order going from the middle rainforests and the desert outskirts. Their cultures differ in the area they are in. Africa not only contains a lot of different cultures but a lot of different peoples and languages as well as the most famous culture were the Egyptians who lived on the Nile River in the desert section of Africa. Mount Kilimanjaro (14,178 ft. tall ) is located in Africa. Africa has semiactive volcanos and has a variety of animals some of which can only be found in Africa. Afri