Continents
How many continents are there? Well, it depends who you ask...
There are 7 regions: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Different variations merge some regions;
eg, merging North and South America into America, Asia and Europe into Eurasia, and Africa, Asia, and Europe into Afro-Eurasia.
Color-coded map showing the various continents.
Similar colored areas may be consolidated or subdivided.
| # | Continents | Comment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four | Afro-Eurasia (Old World) | America (New World) | Antarctica | Australia | Continuous landmasses | |||
| Five | Africa | Eurasia | America | Antarctica | Australia | Physiographic regions | ||
| Six | Africa | Eurasia | North America | South America | Antarctica | Australia | Geological continents | |
| Africa | Asia | Europe | America | Antarctica | Australia | UN continental regions | ||
| Seven | Africa | Asia | Europe | North America | South America | Antarctica | Australia | "Parts" of the world |
- The seven-continent model is taught in most English-speaking countries.
- The six-continent combined-Eurasia model is mostly used in Russia and some parts of Eastern Europe.
- The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Greece and many Romance-speaking countries, including Latin America.
- The Olympic flag's five rings represent the five inhabited continents of the combined-America model, but excludes the uninhabited Antarctica.
Source: Wikipedia