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What continents are there in the world?

the Americas

The Americas, or America, (,, ), lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World

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Antarctica

antarctica (the icy southern continent that encompasses the south pole)

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Europe

Europe (the traditional continent starting at the Atlantic and ending at the Ural mountains in Russia)

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Eurasia

Eurasia (the super-continent consisting of both the traditional continents of Europe and Asia)

Africa-Eurasia

Africa-Eurasia (the supercontinent consisting of Africa, Europe and Asia)

Which continent (large land-mass from any of the major naming traditions) is a place geographically located within the place the world (the geographical area corresponding to the entire surface area of planet earth)?

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continent (large land-mass from any of the major naming traditions)

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traditional continent (seven-continent model of the world)

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External web pages (using standard web search):

Continent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In recent years there has been a push for Europe and Asia together to be considered a single continent, dubbed "Eurasia". In this model, the world is divided into six continents ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

Continents of the World: Africa | The Americas | Asia | Australia ...

How many Continents are there in the world? 5 continents We have been taught in school (way back in the 60's in Europe) that there are five continents, Africa, America, Asia ...

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/continents.htm

Map of Continents, Continents of the world

World Continents Map - Political boundaries of the seven continents, Area ... The Arctic Ocean lies to the north of the continent, while on its west, there is Europe and the ...

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-continent-map.htm

Continents of the World - No Pop Up Ads

There are 5 to 7 continents in the world, depending on how you count them. This is a guide to each of those continents, including reference and travel information for every ...

http://www.countriesandcities.com/continents/

Continent map - World Maps, Geography Facts -Worldatlas.com

All countries listed by continent here Note: In some parts of the world students are taught that there are only six continents, as they combine North America and South America into ...

http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/contnent.htm

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