7 Continents of the World

What is Continent?

The surface of earth consists of land and water. About 71% of surface is covered with water and rest 29% is solid surface called land. The land has been divided into 7 unequal parts, and those 7 land-masses are called Continents. 

How many Continents are there in the world?

As discussed above, solid surface of earth has been divided into 7 unequal land-masses which are called continents, which means there are 7 continents in the world.

Names of Continents

Here is the list of continents:

1. Europe
2. Asia
3. Africa
4. North America
5. South America
6. Antarctica
7. Oceania/Australia 

Continents Map

Here is a world map showing the geographical location of the continents to give you an idea of where these continents are situated on the globe. 

Let's learn a bit more about continents because it is always better to learn little more than the names only. 

Europe

Europe is the second smallest continent in terms of land area. it covers 10,180,000 square kilometres of land area, and about 11% of world population resides here.

Asia

Asia is the largest continent in terms of land area as well as population. Asia covers 44,579,000 square kilometres of land area, and about 60% of world population resides here. Asia is also known as home of world's first civilizations.

Africa

Africa is the second largest continent in terms of land area. It covers 30,300,000 square kilometres of land area, and about 16% of world population resides here.

North America

North America is the third largest continent in terms of land area. It covers 24,709,000 square kilometres of land area, and about 7.5% of world population resides here.

South America

South America is the fourth largest continent in terms of land area. It covers 17,840,000 square kilometres of land area. South America ranks fifth in terms of population.

Antarctica

Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in terms of land area. It covers 14,200,000 square kilometres of land area, and about 98% of the area is covered with ice. The thickness of the ice is about 2 kilometres. 

Oceania

Oceania is the smallest continent in terms of land area. It covers 8,525,989 square kilometres of land area, and about 0.5% of world population resides here.

8th Continent or the Lost Continent

Geologists have confirmed that there is one more continent, the 8th continent, named Zealandia which had disappeared in the pacific ocean, and therefore it is called the lost continent. It is somewhere near the New Zealand and surrounding ocean. 

It was brief introduction of continents, keep following this blog to learn more about world geography.