Continent

A continent (Latin continere, "to hold together") is a large continuous land mass. There are several conceptions of what a continent is, geographic, geologic, and tectonic.

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Because geography is defined by local convention, there are several conceptions as to which landmasses qualify as continents. There are names for six, but America is often divided, and Europe is often united with Asia. Ignoring cases where Antarctica is omitted, there are half a dozen lists. With the continents ordered by size, and areas in sq km in (brackets), they are:

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Land mass: Land mass refers to the total area of a country or geographical region (which may include discontinuous pieces of land such as islands). The Earth's total land mass is 148,939,063.133 km² (57,511,026.002 square miles) which is about 29.2% of its total surface. Water covers approximately 70.8% o...

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Continent related Images and Photos (experimental)

Continent	The Continent Via Harwich	Atlantis, The Lost Continent (DVD)	The Continent 1936
The Continent 1936	Atlantis, The Lost Continent	The Lost Continent 1968	Harwich for the Continent
Help for San Francisco after the Earthquake Comes from Across the Continent