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On the north the boundary between the continents of Asia and Europe is commonly regarded as running through the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, the Caspian Sea, the Ural River to its source, and a long border generally following the eastern side of the Ural Mountains to the Kara Sea, Russia.
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (/ ˌ h ɪ m ə ˈ l eɪ. ə, h ɪ ˈ m ɑː l ə j ə / HIM-ə-LAY-ə, hih-MAH-lə-yə) [b] is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
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List of mountain ranges in Asia. ... Highest mountain 'Max height (m) Al Hajar Mountains: Oman, United Arab Emirates: 500: Jebel Shams: 3,009 [1] Alagalla Mountain Range
Maps are also available as part of the Wikimedia Atlas of the World project in the Atlas of Asia Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maps of Asia . Subcategories
In medieval T and O maps, Asia makes for half the world's landmass, with Africa and Europe accounting for a quarter each. With the High Middle Ages, Southwest and Central Asia receive better resolution in Muslim geography, and the 11th century map by Mahmud al-Kashgari is the first world map drawn from a Central Asian point of view.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Asia. 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 ...
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