Continents of the world

Continents of the world

The Continent

The continent is defined as a land of land, with characteristics and characteristics. The Earth is made up of seven continents, each of which has distinct characteristics, but they all share historic, geologically stable and similar regions. The north is wider than its south except for one continent. Some geographers believe that the continent is not Is confined to the geographical area it occupies, but also to the cultural component; each continent has a dominant cultural character that distinguishes it from other continents

Continents of the world

The seven continents of the world are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Antarctica, as well as another area called Oceania, which is not a continent by itself, but a region in the Pacific, Of the islands located in the same ocean, separated from the continents of Asia and Africa,  but some of the geographers are the continent of Australia is the same continent of Oceania; Australia's large continent is followed by a number of islands scattered in the Pacific Ocean

Asia

  Asia is the largest continent in the world in terms of population and area, located in the northern part of the Equator, with the exception of some of the islands to the south. Asia shares its borders with Africa through the Suez Canal and with the continent of Europe. During the Urals and the Caspian Sea.  There are also several countries located between the two continents, including: Turkey,  And Russia,Georgia 

Census Asia population reaches 4.4 billion people, according to 2016 estimates, forming the approximately 60% of the world's population,  and includes the continent's two largest in the world in terms of population, namely two States: China, which reached a population to 1,373,541,278 people in 2016, and India, which reached a population of 1,266,883,598 people in the same year. The total area of ​​the continent of Asia 49.7 million square kilometers, thus accounting for nearly 30% of the world space. Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, China, Cyprus, Indonesia, Iran, Georgia, India, Iraq, Occupied Palestine, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia and North Korea South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Maldives, Oman, Yemen, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Mongolia, Burma, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tajikistan, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Africa

Africa is the second largest continent in terms of population size and area. Separated from the continent of Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and the Red Sea, lies the center of the Earth, which is a separate land completely from any other continents,

With a total area of ​​30,244,000 km 2, covering nearly 20% of the globe. Live in the continent of Africa about 1.1 billion, according to 2016 statistics, and is a population of the continent 144% of the total population of the globe, and the largest country in which in terms of population is Nigeria; numbering 158.3 million people, also it includes the continent of the Nile River, It is the longest river in the world; it reaches a length of 6,695 km, passing one of eleven countries.

 Includes the continent of Africa, 54 countries, namely: Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Benin, Botswana, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome Burkina Faso, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Somalia and South Africa Measured, and South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo and Zimbabwe

Europe

The continent of Europe is called the old continent representing the Old World, in contrast to the term "New World", which was launched on North and South America when it was discovered.

The continent of Europe is located in the northern part of the Equator, and is reached by the Asian continent of the Urals, with a total area of ​​10.180.000 km2. The continent of Europe is inhabited by 740 million people in 2016, divided into 499 countries: Albania, Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Moldova, Monaco, and the United States Montenegro, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the Vatican. The countries of Europe and Asia are: Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Georgia and Kazakhstan.

North America

The North American continent is the third largest continent in terms of area, and the fourth largest continent in terms of population. The continent overlooks the Atlantic Ocean from the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Arctic Ocean to the north, with an area of ​​24,709,000 km 2, which accounts for about 16.5% of the world's land area.

North America has a population of 982 million, according to 2015 figures, accounting for 16.55% of the world's population.

Costa Rica, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, the United States of America and Trinidad and Tobago

South America

South America is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, south of the North American continent. The continent has the world's largest waterfalls, the Falls of Ange in Venezuela,

The Amazon River, which has a length of 6,2966 km, has a total area of ​​17,900,000 km2. The total population of the continent is 414.6 million, according to the 2015 census. South America has 122 independent countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Paraguay, Venezuela, Peru, Suriname and Uruguay. The largest country on the continent is Brazil, 193,300,000 people

Australian Continent

Australia is a continent located in the Pacific Ocean. Australia is the smallest continent in terms of area, with a total area of 8,600,000 km2, with a population of 40 million, according to 2016 figures. The continent comprises 14 States: Australia, Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Vanuatu

Antarctica

Antarctica is the southernmost continent, the second smallest continent in terms of area, with a total area of ​​13,829,430 km 2. Ice covers 68% of the continent's total area, while the ice-free area is only 32%

 There are no inhabitants on this continent, but there are tourists and scientists visiting them for research purposes or exploratory only

 Antarctica has an average summer temperature of 27.5 ° C in summer, while winter temperatures reach -60 ° C. A very small number of animals live in these very low levels: penguins, seals, white polar bears, The sea has a number of fish, including: whales, and seabirds