There are seven continents in the world: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America. However, depending on where you live, you may have learned that there are five, six, or even four continents.

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2023年6月8日 · The world map, divided into six continents. There are usually seven recognized continents, but there are alternative models. As represented by the five Olympic rings, the five-continent model includes Europe, Asia, Africa, America (combining North and South), and Oceania (including Australia).

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By land area, South America is the world's fourth largest continent after Asia, Africa, and North America. South America is found in the western hemisphere. Most of the continent is in the southern hemisphere, although some parts of the northern …

Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world, sharing borders with Europe and Africa to its West, Oceania to its South, and North America to its East. Its North helps form part of the Arctic alongside North America and Europe.

Antarctic Maps. Antarctica/Polar Regions; Antarctica Outline Map; Antarctic Fast Facts. Size: 13,209,000 sq km, 5,100,021 sq miles ( varies due to changing ice shelves) Percent of Earth's Land: 8.9%; Status Antarctica, almost 98% solid ice, was finally considered a continent in 1840, and not just a group of isolated islands. Today it has active ...

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Oceania, the planet's smallest continent, is without doubt one of the most diverse and fascinating areas on the planet. A large percentage of geography experts now consider the long-established continent of Australia to be more accurately defined as Australia/Oceania.

2021年1月31日 · By fitting the continents back together jig-saw like, it is easy to see where the fractures and rifts tore the once singular continent of Pangea into its various parts, which drifted, rotated and reconnected over time.