Asia is the largest continent on Earth. It takes up about one-third of all land and is home to more than half the world’s people. The land stretches from icy Siberia in the north to tropical Indonesia in the south, and from the deserts of the Middle East to Japan on...
Oceania is one large region that is split into four smaller parts. The first part is Australia and New Zealand, the two biggest and most developed countries in the area. The second part is Melanesia, which includes island nations like Fiji, Papua New Guinea, the...
South America Quick Links South America • South America Countries • South America Map South America is the southern part of the Americas, linked to North America by the Isthmus of Panama. It has twelve countries—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador,...
We learn that Earth has seven continents—North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica—but the United Nations sorts the land differently for its data. Because no one lives in Antarctica all year, the UN leaves it out and works with five...
