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Continents and Oceans
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Continents and Oceans
continents-Largest landmasses on the planet. BIGGER than countries, states, and cities.
oceans-oceans are huge bodies of saltwater, there is one world ocean but it is divided into 5 main areas.
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continents
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
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Asia
largest continent
home to 60 percent of the world population
worlds most spoken languages.
Chinese is the world most spoken language with almost 1.4 billion people speaking it
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Africa
Africa is the continent with most countries;54
most diverse in language and culture
oldest human fossils and skull discovered here.
richest in natural resources
it also houses the world's longest river, the Nile River, which starts in Egypt, and the world's second-highest waterfall Tugela Falls.
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Antarctica
It has zero population
it is a dessert
it has no time zone
it holds the world most freshwater
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Europe
the European continents houses almost 50 countries
27 belong to the European Union (EU)
the smallest country in Europe is Vatican city, home of the pope
the largest country in Europe is Russia, Istanbul lies in Europe as well as Asia
It connects with Asia, through a canal called the Suez Canal, which lies in Egypt.
Most of the europe follows christinity with small number of muslim and jews population
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Australia
Australia is sixth in size behind Russia, Canada, the United States, China, and Brazil.
However, Australia is the only country that is also a continent. For this reason, it’s also known as the island continent
20% of Australia is desert and only about 60% considered habitable, as the rest is too dry for human habitation.
there are a lot of venomous animals on this island continent.
For example, there are many deadly snakes, scorpions as well as 40 species of funnel-web spiders.
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North America and south America
North America is the third largest continent in the world, ranking just below Asia and Africa
North and South America are usually considered as subcontinents, while America is the larger continent of which these two are part of.
North America is bordered by three of the world’s largest oceans, namely the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific.
South America includes the following countries: Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Suriname, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, Guyana, and Ecuador.
The largest country in South America is Brazil,
One of the earliest cultures of South America was at Norte Chico along the central coast of Peru.
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Oceans
Oceans are enormous bodies of water that collectively cover about 71% of our planet’s surface.
we have 5 oceans
pacific ocean
Southern ocean
Indian ocean
Atlantic ocean
Arctic ocean
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Southern ocean
it the newest addition to the ocean family
The Southern Ocean is a large ocean located in the southernmost part of the planet and surrounds Antarctica. Also known as the Austral Ocean or the Antarctic Ocean
on June 8, world ocean day. the southern ocean was confirmed as the fifth ocean of the world
it is the second-largest ocean on earth
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oceans
The deepest part of the world’s oceans is in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.
the pacific ocean is the world largest ocean ,
The biggest waterfall in the world is in the ocean. It is located in the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland. It is about three times higher than Angel Falls in Venezuela, while the Angel Falls waterfall is usually called the highest waterfall on Earth.
the plastic straw and oils from ships are main culprit in creating pollution in ocean
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