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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ContinentA continent is any of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven geographical regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in area to smallest, these six regions are: Asia, America, Africa, Antarctica, Europe, and
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See moreBy convention, continents "are understood to be large, continuous, discrete masses of land, ideally separated by expanses of water". In modern schemes with five or more recognised continents, at least one pair of continents is joined
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See moreEarly concepts of the Old World continents
The term "continent" translates Greek ἤπειρος, properly "landmass, terra firma", the proper name of Epirus and later especially used of Asia (i.e...
See moreGeologists use the term continent in a different manner from geographers. In geology, a continent is defined by continental crust, which is a platform of metamorphic
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See moreThe following table provides areas given by Encyclopædia Britannica for each continent in accordance with the seven-continent model, including
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Apart from the current continents, the scope and meaning of the term continent includes past geological ones. Supercontinents, largely in evidence earlier in the geological record, are landmasses that comprise most of the...
See moreThe following table lists the seven continents with their highest and lowest points on land, sorted in decreasing highest points.
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See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license- https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent
Continent. A continent is a large area of the land on Earth that is joined together. There are no strict rules for what land is considered a continent, but in general it is agreed there are six or …
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_(continent)
The continent of Australia is located in the Southern Hemisphere. The continent is sometimes defined as mainland Australia and Tasmania along with smaller surrounding islands. At other times the continent is defined as including the island of New Guinea (which lies on the same continental shelf) and its surrounding smaller islands along with Australia.
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- Countries: Australia
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- Africa - numită de romani după cuvântul arab afar- „praf” sau „pământ”.
- America - numită după exploratorul Amerigo Vespucci, latinizat apoi în Americus.
- Antarctida înseamnă „opus Arcticii”. Arktikos este numele grecesc al constelației Ursa Mare de deasupra Polului Nord.
- Asia - în asiriană „soare răsare”, sau în sanscrită usa= „răsărit”.
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercontinent
Spreading centers shown in green. Although not a supercontinent, the current Afro-Eurasia landmass contains about 57% of Earth's land area. In geology, a supercontinent is the …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia
Asia (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə, ˈ eɪ ʃ ə / ()) is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.Its 4.7 billion people constitutes roughly 60% of the world's …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica
Antarctica (/ æ n ˈ t ɑːr k t ɪ k ə / ()) is Earth's southernmost continent.Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
Europe is a continent, also recognised as a part of Eurasia, located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.Comprising the westernmost peninsulas of …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(mythical_lost_continent)
Mu is a mystical lost continent introduced by Augustus Le Plongeon, who used the "Land of Mu" as an alternative name for Atlantis.It was subsequently popularized as an alternative term for …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent, or simply the subcontinent, is a physiographical region in Southern Asia.It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the …
