Question

Write a note on world's largest continent?

Answer 1

Asia is the largest of the five continents on Planet Earth in area and population. The term Asia refers conventionally to the eastern portion of the Eurasian landmass plus the island country of Japan and the island nations of Maritime Southeast Asia. The continent is situated almost entirely north of the equator except for some Southeast Asian islands. Asia is connected to Africa by the Isthmus of Suez and borders Europe (part of the same landmass) along the Ural Mountains and across the Caspian Sea.

• Asia covers an area of about 49.7 million km² (19,189,277 square miles), which corresponds to about 30 percent of the Earth’s total land area.
• The Indian Ocean country is one of the smallest countries in the world and Asia’s smallest country.
• Borneo in South-East Asia is also the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia.