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Eurasia (⫽ j ʊəˈr eɪ ʒ ə ⫽ yoor-AY-zhə, also UK: ⫽-ʃ ə ⫽-shə) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, physiographically, Eurasia is a single continent.
2 dni temu · Eurasia, geological and geopolitical term that relates in the former sense to the single enormous landmass composed of the continents of Europe and Asia and in the latter sense to the sociopolitical entity within that landmass whose exact borders are debated by scholars.
20 mar 2021 · Europe and Asia form one large continental area known as Eurasia. The Eurasia continent sits almost entirely on the Eurasian plate, except for Arabian and Indian subcontinents and some areas near the Chersky Range.
26 sty 2019 · Eurasia stretches from the Atlantic Ocean with bordering countries of Portugal and Spain in the west (and perhaps Ireland, Iceland, and Great Britain as well) to Russia's easternmost point, at the Bering Strait between the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
9 cze 2024 · Eurasia covers 55 million square kilometers, making up 36% of the world’s land area. It includes both the mainland and many islands, like the United Kingdom, the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia. Eurasia has many different ecosystems and landforms.
The alternative view—in geology and geography—that Eurasia is a single continent results in a six-continent view of the world. Some view the separation of Eurasia into Asia and Europe as a residue of Eurocentrism: "In physical, cultural and historical diversity, China and India are comparable to the entire European landmass, not to a single ...
29 lis 2023 · Europe, the sixth-largest continent, contains just seven percent of the world’s land. In total area, the continent of Europe is only slightly larger than the country of Canada. However, the population of Europe is more than twice that of South America.
