What is Continent?

Continent

A continent is a wider and larger, continuous and regular area of land on Earth. One third of the total land of earth is made up of continents. There are mainly 7 continents of world which are Africa, the Americas (North and South), Antarctica, Asia, Australia, together with Oceania, and

Europe is considered to be the continent of Europe. When we talk about Asia, we can say that It is the largest continent in the world both in terms of area and population. It comprises 48 nations and 60% of the world's population resides in Asia. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world after Asia both by area and population. It has 54 countries and over 16% of the world's population resides in Africa.

North America is the third largest continent in the world and fourth largest continent in the world. North America comprises 23 nations. North America and South America is Connected with each other with the help of Isthmus of Panama. South America is the fourth largest continent in the world. It has a total of 12 Nations. Antarctica is fifth and Europe is the sixth largest continent in the world. Australia is the smallest continent of the world.