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Bookmark or Share- The Continents of the World - Nations Online ProjectBy most standards, there is a maximum of seven continents - Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America. Many geographers and scientists now refer to six continents, in which Europe and Asia are combined (because they're one solid landmass).
- How Many Continents Are There? Depends Whom You AskAre there five or seven continents in the world? It depends on where you live. In the U.S., students are taught that there are seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctica.
- Continents Of The World - WorldAtlasThere 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.
- Continent - WikipediaIn modern schemes with five or more recognized continents, at least one pair of continents is joined by land in some fashion. The criterion "large" leads to arbitrary classification: Greenland , with a surface area of 2,166,086 square kilometres (836,330 sq mi), is only considered the world's largest island, while Australia , at 7,617,930 ...
- 7 continents of the world and their countriesThere are 7 continents in the world: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. 6 of them are divided into many countries and territories.
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