Africa - the second-largest continent of globe after Eurasia. Together with islands borrows the area 30,3 million sq. Km. The population nearby 500 million person. Africa and Eurasia make a uniform file of a land of east hemisphere, divided Mediterranean and Red by seas.
The word “Africa” as believe, occurs from the name берберского a tribe afrigi which lived in the north of continent.
Almost in the middle Africa is crossed by equator. The Most part of territory of continent is located between two tropics, in a hot thermal belt, only southern and northern surburb of Africa come into subtropical belts.
Africa differs unity of a structure of a surface and simplicity of outlines. In a relief plateaus and plains with heights from 200 up to 1000 meters prevail. Average height of continent - 750 meters.
The geographical position of Africa and prevalence of a flat relief have created conditions for bright display of ash value. Wide strips with rather homogeneous environment naturally replace each other. The zone structure in the most massive and monotonous on a relief of northern part of continent is especially precisely expressed.
Islands at coast of Africa are not numerous. Largest of них-Madagascar. In the Indian ocean there are islands Zanzibar, Socotra, Seychelles, Comoro  and others, in Atlantic islands Madieras Okeane-, islands of cape Verde, Canary. The majority of islands of a continental origin are located rather near to continent.
The oceans washing coasts of Africa, do not get almost deep into continent, and the continental line is cut poorly up. There is only one peninsula - Somalia, and one big gulf - Guinean.

There, where the nature is severe, where long winter and rainy summer, blossoming plants are especially appreciated. In Norway them grow up everywhere where only it is possible. In the spring Norwegians plant many tulips, in the summer on sidewalks in concrete cones and pieces bent in кулек slate place enormous bouquets of large red or dark blue petunias.
Baskets with colors hang as lanterns and at corners of houses, both on columns and above street on the cord tense between houses. Colors decorate also walls of houses; under each of windows - garlands bright red pelargonium, seeming from afar roses.
The part of a wall without windows is covered by an alive bas-relief. On a wall the tree is split alive, with leaves. It so is densely pressed to a wall, that from afar it seems drawn.
At windows of shops, cafe and even banks it is possible to see the indoor plants originally grouped. Esheverium, cactuses, pelargonium, a wax tree grow in the long boxes covered by a moss, pieces of a bark of a pith oak. The trunk of a birch with the sawn off thick branches on which pots with plants are put is beautiful.
It is decorated by plants and an interior of buildings. Long twigs of ivy with blade sheet leaves create a beautiful pattern on a white wall. On tables are narrow vases from metal, glasses or ceramics - black, with dark blue zigzags, a narrow neck.
Dinner elderly strict women in black dresses with the white starched collarets and over sleeves submit. Instead of wine and beer on tables ice water in crystal jugs. And bread is replaced with thin petals of cookies. Like crackling small loafs of bread.
Characteristic feature Norwegians - severity, restraint, the order in all and trust to people.
In sports in Norway are engaged almost all from it is small up to it is great. Grandsons and the grandfather quite often go down from snow mountain together on skis with the grandmother. There is a saying, that Norwegians are born together with skis. Well and in the summer - tourism, a life in tent in a wood.

In such places absolutely unexpectedly can pass downpours that leads to strong flooding at which within several minutes greater areas become covered by thickness of water in height in human growth. Speak, that in Sahara has sunk more people, than was lost from thirst.
It is possible to consider Sahara one of the hottest areas of the Earth. Near to Tripoli, for example, the temperature of air in July reaches 58 degrees. On a dark surface of stones and rocks the temperature can come nearer to 100 degrees.
Owing to strong heating a layer of air from ground there is a differentiation of air layers. In such places rays of light refract, and it leads to occurrence of Mirages. In midday heat on horizon there is “a waving lake”, “oasis” or “mountains”. Actually they there are not present. Mirages arise and before sunrise when air is sated by a dust.
The sun adjusts all life of Sahara. In the afternoon hot in desert, and at night coldly. Daily fluctuations of temperature of air reach more than thirty degrees. But the person transfers day time heat easier, than a night cold. As it is strange, but in Sahara people within a year suffer from a cold, than from heat more.
Most hard long storms operate па the person. Dusty and sandy storms represent a majestic show. They are similar to the fires quickly covering all around. Clubs of a smoke rise highly in the sky. they are born by stupendous strength through plains and mountains, beating out on the way a stone dust from the destroyed rocks.
After hot days with storms air in Sahara it is strong electrifies. If at this time in darkness to remove one blanket from another the space between them is shined with sparks crackling sometimes. Not only from hair, clothes, but even from sharp iron subjects it is possible to take electric sparks.