essay on continent
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"Continent" derives from the Latin terra continēns [terra = “land”, continēns = present participle of the verb contineō = con (“together”) + teneō (“I hold”). The meaning is therefore “land held together” or "connected land."
Originally the term "continent" was applied to any area of land, of any size, not separated by water, including islands.
Concurrently, ever since the times of ancient Greek mariners and philosophers, the world was separated into "parts." These parts were initially Europe and Asia, with the subsequent addition of Africa and, in 1507, of the Americas. Only in the late nineteenth century such parts of the earth came to be explicitly defined as continents.
Today, continents are understood to be large, continuous, distinct masses of land, ideally (but not necessarily) separated by expanses of water. No required minimum size to qualify as "large" (or "very large") has been defined, nor the requisite degree of physical separation. Continents are therefore defined by convention rather than a strict criteria. The criteria used can be of geographical, historical, cultural, anthropological, political, or even of philosophical nature.
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continent where human civilization began. In Asia the climate is relatively moderate when compared to the climate of other continents. The total area occupied by this continent is 43,810, 000 sq kms. The Indian Ocean separates India from Africa. Asia consists of 60% of world's population. Asia is a very wonderful place if you want to take a tour around the world. You can view many mountain peaks, hills, lakes, rivers, and many other natural resources. The Gulf Areas of Asia are the richest countries producing oil and petroleum products. They export the petroleum products throughout the world and almost all nations in the world are always heavily dependent upon them for oil resources. Most of the Asian countries enjoy tropical type of climate. India is another country in Asia known for richest and varied heritage.
Europe
Europe is one of the tourists and immigrants fascination today. Many people from the world are migrating to Europe today for education, jobs and settlement because of many varied reasons. Europe consists of 50 countries today. It is separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains, Ural rivers and Capsian Sea. Europe occupies nearly 10,180,000 sq km of earth's area. The country most densely populated in Europe is Russia. Greece is the oldest country founded in Europe. The people of Europe follow the Roman script. Today Europe is one of the most economically progressed continents next to North America. The Renaissance period brought a lot of revolution in various countries of Europe. The most economically progressed country in Europe is the United Kingdom. The other countries of tourist attraction are Germany, Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland. Switzerland has always the tourist guides and they have described the beauty of Switzerland with a lot of delightful feeling.
Antartica
Antartica is the coldest and the most scarcely populated continent in the world. The continent is always known to the world by the culture of Eskimos and the polar bears that are found in the region. The total world's area occupied by Antartica is 14.2 million sq kms. The climate is so cold in this region that only few species such as penguins and seals are found here. The total population as estimated is only 4000 to 5000 in Antartica. The coldest climate recorded in this continent was -89.2. The human population is nil here because no human being can survive in such a cold region. The area is only utilized for scientific discovery and exploration.
North America
The continent of North America is known as the New World after Columbus discovered and named it. It is the third largest continent in the world and very scarcely populated. The U.S.A in North America is the most economically developed and powerful in the world. This continent is surrounded by Atlantic Ocean in the east and Pacific Ocean in the west and Arctic in the north. English is the official and the widely accepted language in North America. It occupies 3.5% of the total of the world's area as the total area occupied is 6.9 million sq kms. This continent is enriched and known to the world by the Amazon basin which is filled with abundant natural resources. Most of the area of the North America is filled by Andes moun