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OUR WORLD

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A continent is one of Earth’s seven maindivisions of land. Continents make up most of Earth’s land surface. The area of the ocean is more than double the area of all the continents combined.

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The continents are, from largest to smallest: Asia Africa North America South America Antarctica Europe, and Australia. ype here

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Asia, the largest continent, stretches from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the western Pacific Ocean. There are more than 40 countries in Asia.

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Europe, the sixth-largest continent, contains just seven percent of the world’s land. Europe has more than 40 countries and many of the world’s major cities, including London, the United Kingdom; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; Rome, Italy; and Madrid, Spain.

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Africa, the second-largest continent, covers an area more than three times that of the United States The Sahara, which covers much of North Africa, is the world’s largest hot desert. Africa is home to 56 countries but only 14 percent of the world’s total population.

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Antarctica is the windiest, driest, and iciest place on Earth. Antarctica is larger than Europe or Australia, but unlike those continents, it has no permanent human population. People who work there are scientific researchers and support staff, such as pilots and cooks. Antarctica does not have any countries.

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In addition to being the smallest continent, Australia is the flattest and the second-driest, after Antarctica. The continent is sometimes called Oceania, to include the thousands of tiny islands of the Central Pacific and South Pacific, Major cities include Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide.

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North America is the third-largest continent The continent includes the enormous island of Greenland Greenland is the world’s largest island North America is home to the citizens of Canada, the United States, Greenland, and Mexico.

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South America is connected to North America by the narrow Isthmus of Panama. These two continents weren’t always connected; they came together only three million years ago. the world’s largest tropical rainforest and the world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls are in South America

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