The Continents of the World Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, Asia, Australia together with Oceania, and Europe are considered to be Continents. The term continent is used to differentiate between the various large areas of the earth into which the land surface is divided. So, a continent is "a large, continuous area of land on Earth". All continents together constitute less than one-third of the earth's surface, that means more than two-thirds of the earth's surface are covered with water. Two-thirds of the continental land mass is located in the Northern Hemisphere. keywords: world continents, Continents and Countries, 7 continents, African continent, American continent, Caribbean, Central America, North America, South America, Asian continent, Central Asia, Middle East, SEA, South East Asia, European continent, Australia/Oceanian continent, Antarctica, map
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The Continents of the WorldAfrica, the Americas, Antarctica, Asia, Australia together with Oceania, and Europe are considered to be Continents.The term continent is used to differentiate between the various large areas of the earth into which the land surface is divided. So, a continent is "a large, continuous area of land on Earth". All continents together constitute less than one-third of the earth's surface, that means more than two-thirds of the earth's surface are covered with water.Two-thirds of the continental land mass is located in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Africa is the second-largest continent in the world in both area and population.Area: about 30 244 000 km2 (11 700 000 mi2) including its adjacent islands it covers about 20 percent of Earth's total land area.Population: 1,030 million human inhabitants, about 20 percent of the world's population.Highest Point: Mount Kilimanjaro - Uhuru Peak on the volcano Kibo, 5 895 m (19 340 ft) in Tanzania.Largest Lake: Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza; 68 870 sq. km.Longest River: Nile; 6 695 km.Languages of Africa: about thousand languages classified in four major language families: Afro-Asiatic (e.g. Berber lang), Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo (Bantu), and Khoi-San.
Countries of the Americas and the CaribbeanArea: North America (Canada, USA): 20 000 000 km2 (7 700 000 mi2); Central America and the Caribbean: 20 720 000 km2 (8 000 000 mi2); South America: 17 900 000 km2 (6 900 000 mi2)
Population: 929 millionNorth America: 344 million (Canada and USA); Central America and the Caribbean (incl. Mexico): 195 million; South America: 391 million.
Highest Point: Aconcagua, 6959 m (22,831 ft), Mendoza, Argentina.
Largest Lake: Lake Superior, surface area 82,000 km2 (32,000 mi2), larger than Panama.
Longest River: Rio Amazonas (Amazon), 6 296 km (3 912 mi), South America.
Languages of the Americas: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, various native Indian languages, French patois, and Creole.
Countries of AsiaAsia is the largest continent in the world in both, area and population, constituting nearly one-third of the landmass, lying entirely north of the equator except for some Southeast Asian islands. It is connected to Africa by the Isthmus of Suez and borders Europe (part of the same landmass) along the Ural Mountains and across the Caspian Sea.
Area: about 49 700 000 km2 (19 189 277 mi2) it covers about 60 percent of Earth's total land area.Population: more than 4 billion human inhabitants (4,157 million), about 60 percent of the world's population. Seven out of ten of the most populated countries are in Asia (2010).Highest Point: Sagarmatha (Chomolungma; known as Mount Everest) 8848m (29 028 ft) Nepal. Largest Lake: Caspian Sea (salt lake) 371 000 km2 (143 250 mi2), Ozero Baykal, Lake Baikal 31 500 km2 in Siberia is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume.Longest River: Yangtze (Yángzî Jiang, or Chang Jiang (simplified Chinese: 长江 ) China, 6380 km (3 964 mi).
Languages of Asia: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Russian, Thai, Turkic, Vietnamese and other.
The "continent" of Australia/Oceania is a somewhat artifical construct, designed to link together the continental landmass of Australia with the huge number of widely scattered islands across the Pacific Ocean.
Area: 8 600 000 km2 (3 300 000 mi2)Population: 35 millionHighest Point: Puncak Jaya (Carstensz Pyramid 4884 m/16 023 ft), Papua Province, IndonesiaLargest Lake: Lake Eyre, Australia (if there is some water)Longest River: Murray-Darling river system 3750 km (2300 mi)
Countries of Europe
Area: 23 million km2 (8 876 000 mi2)
Population: 728 million
Highest Point: 1. El'brus in Russia, (5 642 m/18 510 ft); 2. Mont Blanc, France-Italy: 4 807m (15 771 ft).
Largest Lake: Lake Balaton Hungary, largest lake of Central Europe, 592 km2.
Longest Rivers: 1. Volga (3,690 km (2,293 miles), 2. Danube 2850 km (1770 miles)
Languages of Europe: English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Nordic Languages, East European languages.
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