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See the List of transcontinental countries for further geographic definitions. The term Asia Pacific generally refers to a combination of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean – and most are also considered part of Australasia or Oceania. Asia contains the Indian subcontinent, Iranian Plateau, Arabian Peninsula, as well ...
[71] [72] As geographic knowledge of the Greeks increased during the Hellenistic period, [73] this archaic convention was revised, and the boundary between Asia and Europe was now considered to be the Tanais (the modern Don River). This is the convention used by Roman era authors such as Posidonius, [74] Strabo [75] and Ptolemy. [76]
Below is a list of countries in Asia by area. [1] Russia is the largest country in Asia and the world, even after excluding its European portion. The Maldives is the smallest country in Asia.
See below. Only land boundaries are considered; maritime boundaries are excluded; see the List of countries and territories by maritime boundaries. Disputed territories are not considered, other than the inclusion by necessity, in a neutral fashion, of Western Sahara.)
Asia (/ ˈ eɪ ʒ ə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈ eɪ ʃ ə / AY-shə) is the largest continent [note 1] [10] [11] in the world by both land area and population. [11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, [note 2] about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area.
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area) and with approximately 4.655 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population .
Geographical boundaries of Asia [ edit ] The divisions between Asia and Europe occur at the Ural Mountains , Ural River , and Caspian Sea in the east, the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea , Bosporus Sea of Marmara , Dardanelles and the Aegean Sea in the south.
Countries in Asia (69 C, 48 P) D. ... Pages in category "Geography of Asia" ... Boundary between Asia and Europe; C. Cartography of Asia;