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  2. Continent - Wikipedia

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    A continent is any of several large geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria. A continent could be a single landmass or a part of a very large landmass, as in the case of Asia or Europe.

  3. Continent | Definition, Map, & Facts | Britannica

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    A continent is a large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region. There are seven continents: Asia , Africa , North America , South America , Antarctica , Europe , and Australia (listed from largest to smallest in size).

  4. What is a continent? | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica

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    A continent is a large continuous mass of land conventionally regarded as a collective region. There are seven continents: Asia , Africa , North America , South America , Antarctica , Europe , and Australia (listed from largest to smallest in size).

  5. Continents Of The World - WorldAtlas

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    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. This is because there is no official criteria for determining continents.

  6. How Many Continents Are There? - WorldAtlas

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    There are seven continents on our planet: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. These landmasses form the world's geographical structure, each possessing features particular to themselves, biodiversity, culture, and economic significance. A continent is generally defined as a large, continuous, discrete ...

  7. What is a Continent? - WorldAtlas

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    Definition of Continent. According to the Cambridge dictionary, a continent is defined as “one of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea, and usually consisting of various countries”.

  8. Continent - National Geographic Society

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    A continent is one of Earths seven main divisions of land. The continents are, from largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

  9. The Continents of the World - Nations Online Project

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    Continent, noun, [ˈkɒn.tɪ.nənt] one of the seven large landmasses on the Earth's surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and usually consisting of various countries. [1] Africa, the Americas, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, together with Oceania, and Europe are considered to be continents.

  10. Continent - Education | National Geographic Society

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    A continent is one of Earths seven main divisions of land. The continents are, from largest to smallest: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Grades. 3 - 12+. Subjects. Earth Science, Geology, Geography, Physical Geography. ‌. Loading ... Leveled by. Selected text level. 4 th grade. Article. Vocabulary.

  11. continent - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    A continent is a large solid area of land. Earth has seven continents. In order from largest to smallest, they are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Sometimes people think of Europe and Asia as a single continent called Eurasia.