Continents Continents Africa is the world's second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,370,000 km² (11,730,000 sq mi) including its adjacent islands, it covers 5.9% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.3% of the total land area. With over 840,000,000 people (as of 2005) in 61 territories, it accounts for more than 12% of the world's human population. ...more on Wikipedia about "Africa"
The supercontinent of Africa-Eurasia (or Afro-Eurasia) is the world's largest land mass and contains around 85% of the human population. It is typically subdivided into the continents Africa and Eurasia (which is culturally, but not geographically, divided into Europe and Asia) by drawing a line at the Suez Canal. Historians of the cultural materialism school may subdivide it into Eurasia- North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, based on differing agricultural systems. (See Guns, Germs, and Steel for example.) ...more on Wikipedia about "Africa-Eurasia"
Antarctica (from Greek , "opposite the Arctic") is a continent surrounding the Earth's South Pole. It is the coldest place on Earth and is almost entirely covered by ice; however, it is also the world's largest desert. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antarctica"
Asia is the largest and most populous of the Earth's continents. It is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Africa- Eurasia lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and southeast of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas. About 60 % of the world's human population lives in Asia, of whom only 2 % live in the northern and interior half (Siberia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, western Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan); the other 98% live in the remaining half. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asia"
The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the world's smallest continent and a number of islands in the Southern, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Australia's neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australia"
Australia is the smallest and most low laying of the continents. Though the Commonwealth of Australia occupies much of the continent and is often mistaken for being the entire continent, like the other continents its geographic area is defined by its continental shelf which covers some 2.5 million square kilometres including the Arafura Sea and Bass Strait and half of which is less than 50 metres deep. The total land area of the region is 8,560,000 square kilometres. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australia (continent)"
Australia-New Guinea, also called Sahul or Meganesia, is a continent made up of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. These land masses are separated by the Torres Strait (Australia and New Guinea) and the Bass Strait (Australia and Tasmania). However, from biological and geological points of view, they form a single unit. It was during the last ice age that they formed a single landmass. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australia-New Guinea"
A continent ( Latin continere, "to hold together") is a large continuous land mass. There are several conceptions of what a continent is, geographic, geologic, and tectonic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Continent"
Eurasia is the landmass composed of the continents of Europe and Asia. It can be considered a supercontinent, part of a supercontinent of Africa-Eurasia, or simply a continent. In plate tectonics, the Eurasian Plate includes Europe and most of Asia, but not the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent, and the area east of the Cherskiy Range in Sakha. Eurasia is also used in international politics as a neutral way to refer to organizations of or affairs concerning the post-Soviet states. When used to describe a single landmass, an analogous term to Eurasia is America or (the) Americas, which consists of North and South America collectively. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eurasia"
Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. Physically and geologically, Europe is a subcontinent or large peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean and to the south by the Mediterranean and the Caucasus. Europe's boundary to the east is vague, but has traditionally been given as the Ural Mountains and Caspian Sea to the southeast: the Urals are considered by most to be a geographical and tectonic landmark separating Asia from Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Europe"
This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, displayed with their national flags and capitals. It contains sovereign states, dependent territories and special entities recognized by international treaty or agreement (but does not contain generally unrecognized but de facto independent states). ...more on Wikipedia about "List of countries by continent"
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost fully in the Western Hemisphere, bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean. It covers an area of about 24,500,000 km² (9,460,000 sq mi), or about 4.8% of the Earth's surface. As of July 2002, its population was estimated at more than 514,600,000. It is the third largest continent in area, after Asia and Africa, and is fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "North America"
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Most of it is in the Southern Hemisphere. ...more on Wikipedia about "South America"
A subcontinent is a large part of a continent. There is no agreement on what constitutes a subcontinent. Generally, however, a subcontinent is split from the rest of a continent by something like a mountain range or by tectonic plates. The phrase the Subcontinent, used on its own in English, commonly means the Indian subcontinent i.e. South Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Subcontinent"
In geology, a supercontinent is a land mass comprising more than one continental core, or craton. The assembly of cratons and accreted terranes that forms Eurasia qualifies as a supercontinent today. ...more on Wikipedia about "Supercontinent"
Terra Australis (also: Terra Australis Incognita, Latin for "the unknown southern land") was an imaginary continent, appearing on European maps from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Terra Australis"
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