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The planet earth is covered by land and water. The Land on earth is divided into 7 continents.

These seven continents are unique and have interesting geography. The seven continents are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, urope, and Australia. Asia The continent of Asia is the world!s largest and most populous continent with "# countries and over " billion people calling Asia home. Asia also contains the world!s most populous country, $hina, and the world!s largest country, %ussia. Asia borders Africa and urope to the west and the &acific 'cean to the east. Asia is rich in diverse races, cultures, and languages. (any of the world!s ma)or religions came out of Asia including $hristianity, *udaism, +slam, ,induism, and -uddhism. .ive (a)or cities in Asia are To/yo, *apan 0elhi, +ndia (umbai, +ndia Shanghai, $hina 1arachi, &a/istan

Asia is almost 234 of the worlds land area and contains 534 of the worlds population. The highest point on earth, (t. verest, is in Asia. The lowest point on land, the 0ead Sea, is also in Asia. Asia is the only continent that shares borders with two other continents6 Africa and urope. Asia contains many of the largest cities in the world including the two

largest6 Shanghai, $hina and (umbai, +ndia. Africa The continent of Africa borders the southern half of the (editerranean Sea. The Atlantic 'cean is to the west and the +ndian 'cean is to the Southeast. Africa stretches well south of the equator to cover more than 78 million square miles ma/ing Africa the world!s second largest continent with 9" countries. Africa is also the world!s second most populous continent. Africa is one of the most diverse places on the planet with a wide variety of terrain, wildlife, and climates. .ive (a)or cities in africa are: $airo, gypt Lagos, Nigeria 1inshasa, 0emocratic %epublic of the $ongo *ohannesburg, South Africa 1hartoum, Sudan The highest point in Africa is (ount 1iliman)aro in Tan;ania at 9<#9 meters high. The lowest point is La/e Asal in 0)ibouti at 792 meters below sea level. The largest country in Africa is Sudan, the smallest is The Seychelles. The most populated country is Nigeria and the largest city is $airo in gypt. The largest la/e in Africa is La/e =ictoria and the longest river is The Nile %iver, which is also the longest river in the world. Africa is rich with varied wildlife including elephants, penguins, lions, cheetahs, seals, giraffes, gorillas, crocodiles, and hippos. African languages are varied with more than 7333 languages spo/en across the continent urope

urope is the si>th largest continent in si;e with 93 countries and the third largest in population. +t is bordered by the (editerranean Sea to the south, Asia to the east, and the Atlantic 'cean to the ?est. urope is a wealthy continent and is the centre of the ?est and ?estern 0emocracy. urope has been the home to some of the arth!s historic civili;ations from Ancient @reece to the %oman mpire. +t is also the home to the birth of democracy. urope has been the central point of two of the biggest wars in modern history: ?orld ?ar + and ?orld ?ar ++. %ecently urope has united under the common union called the uropean Anion. This union allows independent uropean countries to have a single currency and to combine their economic and military power. .ive (a)or cities: (oscow, %ussia London, Anited 1ingdome -erlin, @ermany (adrid, Spain &aris, .rance urope is the home to many of the world!s oldest countries including the 9 oldest6 San (arino, .rance, -ulgaria, 0enmar/, and &ortugal. urope is home to the smallest country in the world, the =atican. +t is the smallest country both in si;e and population. The tallest mountain in urope is (ount lbrus in %ussia. (ost of urope now uses the same currency called the uro. The area of %ussia that is west of the Aral (ountains is usually considered part of urope.

North America North America is the third largest of the seven continents with 82 countries. +t is bordered by the Atlantic 'cean to the east and the &acific 'cean to the west. North America is dominated by its three largest countries: $anada, (e>ico, and the Anited States. There were plenty of people already living in North America prior to the uropeans having arrived. This included many Native American tribes and the A;tec civili;ation in w hat is now (e>ico. +n the 7533!s the uropeans quic/ly coloni;ed and too/ over much of North America. The largest country in North America, the Anited States, was formed in the late 7733!s and became a Bmelting potB of people and cultures from around the world. (a)or cities: (e>ico $ity, (e>ico New Cor/ $ity, ASA Los Angeles, ASA $hicago, ASA Toronto, $anada ,ouston, ASA catepec de (orelos, (e>ico (ontrDal, $anada &hiladelphia, ASA @uadala)ara, (e>ico .un .acts about North America: The city with the largest population in North America is (e>ico $ity, (e>ico. The most populous country is the Anited States. E8373 censusF The longest river in North America is the (ississippi %iver.

La/e Superior is the largest fresh water la/e in the world. +t is located on the border between the Anited States and $anada. The country of @reenland is the biggest island on the planet. The North American and South American continents are thought to have been named after +talian e>plorer Amerigo =espucci. The &anama $anal allows ships to cross $entral America from the &acific 'cean to the Atlantic 'cean. The canal is a manmade construction that traverses 93 miles across the country of &anama. $entral America was home to the (ayan $ivili;ation, one of the great civili;ations of the historic world. South America @eography @eography of South America South America is the fourth largest continent in si;e and the fifth largest in population with 72 countries. +t is located primarily in the southern hemisphere. +t is bordered by the Atlantic 'cean to the east and the &acific 'cean to the ?est. The geography of South America is dominated by the Andes (ountain %ange and the Ama;on %iver Esecond longest river in the worldF. &rior to uropean coloni;ation, the +ncan $ivili;ation was a dominant force in South America. +n the 7933!s, Spain and &ortugal coloni;ed much of South America. The colonies gained independence in the 7<33!s with the help of leaders such as Simon -olivar and *ose de San (artin. As a result, much of South America still spea/s Spanish and &ortuguese is the primary language of -ra;il. %an/ing: +t is the fourth largest and fifth most populous continent

(a)or -iomes: rainforest, savanna, grassland (a)or cities: SGo &aulo, -ra;il -uenos Aires, Argentina %io de *aneiro, -ra;il Santiago, $hile -rasilia, -ra;il Lima, &eru -ogota, $olombia $aracas, =ene;uela -elo ,ori;onte, -ra;il (edellHn, $olombia (ap ofSouth America $lic/ here to see large map of South America .un .acts about South America: The highest point in South America is $erro Aconcagua in the Andes (ountains in the country of Argentina. The largest South American country in both si;e and population is -ra;il. The largest city is Sao &aulo, -ra;il, which is also one of the ten largest cities in the world. North and South America were named after +talian e>plorer Amerigo =espucci. The highest waterfall in the world is Santo del Angel Ealso called Angel .allsF. +t is almost 7333 meters highI

Australia

The continent of Australia is often call 'ceania as well, but includes 72 countries including Australia. Australia is the smallest continent by si;e and the second smallest in terms of population. Australia is located to the southeast of Asia. +t is made up of Australia and a number of island countries. 'ceania and its islands are surrounded by the +ndian 'cean and the &acific 'cean. (uch of Australia!s land mass is desert, but there are also very lush areas. Australia has some very unique animal life for such a small continent. Some e>amples are the 1oala -ear Ewhich is not really a bear, but a marsupialF, the platypus, and the 1angaroo. (a)or cities: Sydney, Australia (elbourne, Australia -risbane, Australia &erth, Australia Adelaide, Australia @old $oast, Australia Auc/land, New Jealand (anu/au, New Jealand $hristchurch, New Jealand $anberra, Australia (uch of 'ceania is sparsely populated and there are more sheep in 'ceania than people. Australia was first settled by uropeans as a penal colony or prison colony. The name Australia means Bland of the southB. There are less people that live in Australia than in the AS state of Te>as.

'ceania is located in the southern hemisphere. This means that its winter is during *une, *uly, and August and its summer during the months of 0ecember, *anuary, and .ebruary.

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