Topic 5:general perspective

In the world there are 5 most important continents that are: Asia, Europe, America, Oceania, Africa

Asia

Europe

Africa

Oceania

America

America is the second largest continent on Earth, after Asia. It occupies a large part of the western hemisphere of the planet


It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Diego Ramírez Islands in the south, at the confluence of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which in turn delimit the continent to the east and west


The American continent corresponds to the second largest land mass on the planet, after Eurasia. It has an area of ​​approximately 42,978,000 km²

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Asia is the largest and most populous continent on Earth. With about 45 million km², it has around 4,463 million inhabitants, 69% of the world's population.

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Asia is a continent of great spiritual wealth and of diametrical religious importance since the most practiced religions of the world arose in Asia, being the cradle of the five great world religions; Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism


Africa is the third largest continent, after Asia and America. Is located
to the west between the Atlantic oceans, and to the east Indian.

Africa has
54 countries and has 30 221 535 km² of surface

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Europe in a conventional way and for historical and cultural reasons is considered a continent, after the delimitation made by the Russian geographer Vasili Tatíshchev who wanted to point out Russia's belonging to Europe and Asia.


Europe is the second smallest continent in terms of area. Covers 10,530,751 square kilometers or 2% of the world's surface

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Oceania is an insular continent on Earth made up of the continental shelf of Australia, the islands of New Guinea, New Zealand, and the coral and volcanic archipelagos of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.

Oceania has an area of ​​8 542 499 km² and also a population of 41 117 432

Oceania has
15 countries and 18 dependencies