Category: Geography

The world is comprised of seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Each one is unique and contains a diverse range of cultures and landscapes. Africa is the second-largest continent on Earth with an estimated population of 1.2 billion people. It is home to 54 countries, including Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa. The continent has a wide variety of climates ranging from tropical rainforest to desert. It also contains the world’s longest river (the Nile), the world’s largest lake (Lake Victoria) and the world’s oldest desert (the Namib). Antarctica is the fifth largest continent on Earth but is not considered a country due to its lack of permanent inhabitants or government. It has an area of 14 million square kilometers and contains mountain ranges that are over 4 kilometers high. Antarctica also holds 90% of Earth’s ice in its frozen seas and glaciers. Asia is the largest continent on Earth with an estimated population of 4 billion people. It contains 48 countries including China, India, Japan and Russia. The climate varies greatly throughout Asia from tropical rainforests in Indonesia to arid deserts in Mongolia to snowy mountains in Nepal. Australia is both a country and a continent located between the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean with an estimated population of 24 million people. It consists mostly of desert but also includes rainforests in its northern states such as Queensland and New South Wales as well as snow-capped mountains in its southern states such as Victoria and Tasmania. Europe is located between two great oceans – the Atlantic Ocean to the west and Arctic Ocean to the north – with an estimated population of 743 million people spread across 50 countries including France, Germany and Italy. Its landscape varies from fjords in Norway to steppes in Russia to meadows in England which makes it one of most diverse continents on Earth. North America covers an area 9 million square kilometers between two great oceans – Pacific Ocean to the west and Atlantic Ocean to east – with an estimated population of 579 million people spread across 23 countries including Canada, Mexico, USA as well as Caribbean islands such as Cuba, Jamaica & Haiti . Its landscape varies greatly from rugged mountains in Alaska & Canada to tropical jungles in Central America & Mexico all way down flat plains & prairies around Great Lakes region USA/Canada border region.