Africa is the only continent crossed by the Equator and Prime Meridian and located in both hemispheres.
The Equator crosses Africa from the Atlantic coast through countries including Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia. The Prime Meridian crosses western Africa, including Ghana, Togo, Burkina Faso, and Algeria. Because the Equator divides north from south and the Prime Meridian divides east from west, Africa occupies all four hemispheres.
Africa is the second-largest continent by both land area and population. It extends from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the waters surrounding the Cape of Good Hope in the south. Its geography includes the Sahara, the Congo Basin rainforest, the Ethiopian Highlands, the East African Rift, and extensive savannas.
The Prime Meridian is a human-defined reference line at zero degrees longitude, while the Equator is defined by Earth’s rotation and geometry. Their intersection is not on land: it lies in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ghana.