Question

Large landmasses on the earth are known as

Answer 1

Large landmasses one Earth are knows as "CONTINENTS"...

Answer 2

Answer: Continents

Explanation:

Large landmasses on the earth are known as Continents.

A continent refers to a large land mass which is separated by ocean from other land masses. This is not a precise definition as continents like North America and South America are not separated by oceans and so is North America and South America.

The following are some of the characteristics of a continent :

• It has marked boundaries.

• The areas of land comprising the continents are higher than the ocean floor surrounding it.

• Different rock formation are visible around it like sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic.  

The continents mentioned below are in order from the largest to the smallest area:

• Asia,
• Africa,
• North America,
• South America,
• Antarctica,
• Europe,
• Australia.

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