Africa owns 90% of raw material reserve.
- Africa owns 40% of the global gold reserve.
- Africa, 33% of diamond reserve.
- Africa is rich in oil and natural gas.
Africa is truly like another planet ~ A Thread 🧵
1. Magnificent visual of the River basins of Africa
2. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean
3. Africa is bigger than all of Europe, China and the USA together.
Africa compared to some countries and continents.
4. Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world, even more than Egypt.
More than 200 pyramids were built in Sudan, as opposed to the 118 pyramids in all of Egypt, during the ancient reign.
5. One of the oldest living things on Earth..!
Popularly known as “The Tree of Life.”
6. African Renaissance Monument in Senegal (2010)
At 54 metres tall, this bronze statue is the tallest in Africa.
7. Khoisan indigenous people of Southern Africa. They're known for their distinct tall, slender bodies and are distinguished by their unique languages, which are tonal and click-based
8. The San peoples, aka the "Bushmen", are various indigenous hunter-gatherer groups of Southern Africa
Two of them, with only a stick, demonstrate how humans can keep wildlife under control even without technology.
9. Driving through the avenue of the Baobabs at sunrise. Madagascar.
10. This photo was taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, one of the oldest protected areas in Africa, where these rangers protect gorillas from poachers.
11. Lions in snow during a snowfall in South Africa 🇿🇦
12. The Dragon's Breath Cave in Namibia 🇳🇦, Africa is one of the largest underground lakes in the world.
13. Nothing has been the same since the World Cup in South Africa 2010
14. African beauties from South Sudan 🇸🇸
15. Population Density of Africa
16. Danakil Depression, Ethiopia 🇪🇹
The colourful hydrothermal Dallol terraces, found 127 meters below sea level in Ethiopia. The colours change from white and lime green to yellow, orange and red, due to the inorganic iron oxidation
17. The white ghost elephant of Etosha National Park, Namibia 🇳🇦
16. Interesting video from Africa.
Four vultures, two lions, a hyena and a giraffe met on the same road.
19. The Giant Groundsel is a prehistoric plants found on top of Mt Kilimanjaro
20. A traffic jam in South Africa.. 😮🦁
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@MeetGamma 21. Aerial view of Mauritius island panorama and famous Le Morne Brabant mountain, beautiful blue lagoon, and underwater waterfall.
@MeetGamma 22. Victoria Falls, Devil's Pool, Zambia 🇿🇲
@MeetGamma 23. The magical Avenue of the Baobabs in western Madagascar
@MeetGamma 24. Curious and friendly Giraffe approaches man in South Africa
@MeetGamma 25. Vivaldi's “The Four Seasons”
performed by the children of the Goede Hoop Marimba Band, South Africa.
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