Continents

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A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents—they are(from largest in size to smallest): Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Oceania.

Conventionally, "continents are understood to be large, continuous, discrete massesof land, ideally separated by expanses of water.


America:
Is the second biggest continent of the planet after Asia.

Borders:
North: Glacial artic Ocean
South: cabo de hornos
West: AtlanticOcean and pacific
East: `` `` ``

It has 36 countries; America has about the 14% human population, about 700 millions of people.

Europe:
Europe is the world'ssecond-smallest continent by surface area.

Borders:
North: Arctic Ocean
South: mediterranean Sea
West: Atlantic Ocean
East: watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains.

covering about10,180,000 square kilometers, Of Europe's approximately 50 states,
with a population of 733 million or about 11% of the world's population


Asia:
Is the world's largest and most populouscontinent.

Borders:
North: Arctic Ocean
South: Indian Ocean
West: ural Mountains
East: Suez Canal

is the most extent and populated of the world, has 43 countries and 4000 of people that’s the 60% ofthe world’s population

Africa:
Is the third continent of the world in territorial expansion.

Borders:
North: mediterranean Sea
South: in conjunction with Indian and Atlantic Ocean
West:atlantic Ocean
East: Red sea and Indian Ocean.

It has a total area of 30,272.922 km2 , the population is the 1000 million of people, the 15 % of the world’s population.

Oceania:

Is a regioncentered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean.
is an island continent in the Earth consisting of the continental shelf of Australia, the islands of New Guinea, New Zealand and the coral and...
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