How would you react if you saw that river, and others near you, in a map unlike others you have seen before? Southern Africa: What We Learned When Our Map of Southern Africa's Rivers Went Viral ...

Here are the five longest rivers in Africa. Nile River. The Nile River is the world’s and Africa’s longest river, spanning 4,130 miles (6,650 km).

Africa's second-longest river that's the world's deepest and passes through 7 countries The river stretches for 2,900 miles (4,700 km) and is Africa's second-longest river after the Nile.

African boundaries were shaped years later, rather than during the Berlin Conference. Rivers were used to map Africa because Europeans were particular about trade routes into the continent. Sixty-two ...

We have spent a lot of time considering these questions and others related particularly to maps since a map of southern Africa’s rivers that one of us, Sukhmani, created and posted on Facebook.