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=== === | === === | ||
=== continent === | === continent === | ||
* List of continents | |||
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:50%"> | |||
** Africa | |||
** Asia | |||
*** may also include Europe, which would be "Eurasia" | |||
** Antarctica | |||
** Australia | |||
** Europe | |||
*** Europe is technically not a continent, but if so, neither is Asia | |||
**** considered together, Europe + Asia = "Eurasia" | |||
*** the concept of Europe as a continent is traditional and cultural, but still valid geographically | |||
**** to the ancient Greeks, Europe was the "Land of the West" | |||
**** and Asia was the "Land of the East: | |||
**** and Africa was called "Libya" | |||
*** as a continent, Europe is divided from Asia by | |||
**** Ural Mountains (in Russia) | |||
**** Bosporus Strait (at Constantinople, Turkey) | |||
** North America | |||
** South America | |||
</div> | |||
* '''click on EXPAND to see list of Continents''' | |||
=== island === | === island === | ||
=== archipelago === | === archipelago === | ||