A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth.

A continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in size to smallest, they are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.[1] Geologically the continents largely correspond to areas of continental crust that are found on the continental plates. However some areas of continental crust are regions covered […]