https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent
For other uses, see Continent (disambiguation).
Animated, colour-coded map showing the various continents and regions. Depending on the convention and model, some continents may be consolidated or subdivided: for example, Eurasia is most often subdivided into Asia and Europe (red shades), while North and South America are sometimes recognised as one American continent (green shades).
A continent is one of several very large landmasses of the world. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in size to smallest, they are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.[1]
Geologically the continents largely correspond to areas of continental crust that are found on the continental plates. However, some areas of continental crust are regions covered with water not usually included in the list of continents. The area referred to as Zealandia is one such area (see submerged continents below).
Islands are frequently grouped with a neighbouring continent to divide all the world's land into geopolitical regions. Under this scheme, most of the island countries and territories in the Pacific Ocean are grouped together with the continent of Australia to form a geopolitical region called Oceania.
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Links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Continents
This category includes all continents of the Earth, past and present.
Antarctica
North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Oceania
Subcategories
` Lists by continent (28 C, 6 P)
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Antarctica (18 C, 16 P)
Asia (30 C, 24 P)
Australia (continent) (8 C, 1 P)
Europe (34 C, 35 P)
North America (23 C, 4 P)
` South America (19 C, 16 P)
`C
`Continental fragments (5 C, 13 P)
` Continental shelves (2 C, 13 P)
`F
` Fictional continents (3 C, 36 P, 1 F)
`H
` Historical continents (35 P)
`S
` Supercontinents (4 C, 22 P)
`T
` Theoretical continents (1 C, 7 P)
`Z
` Zealandia (4 C, 26 P)
`Ω
`Wikipedia categories named after continents (12 C)
Pages
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` Boundaries between the continents of Earth
Continent
Supercontinent
`A
` Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia (continent)
`E
` Europe
`F
` Four continents
Continental fragment
`I
` Indian subcontinent
`L
` List of continent name etymologies
`N
` North America
`O
` Oceania
`P
` Paleocontinent
List of continents by population
`S
` South America
List of sovereign states and dependent territories by continent (data file)
`Z
` Zealandia
`Β
` Book:Continents
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