What are the Seven Continents of the World?

A continent is a large continuous mass of land.The World is divided into seven Continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia/Oceania.

All the continents of the World, except Antarctica, are "wedge-shaped," wider at the north than at the south.The continents vary greatly in size and more than two-thirds of the world's continental land area lies north of the equator.

1. Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world.

Main Languages: Chinese, Hindi, Bengali, Japanese, Punjabi, Javanese, Korean 

Principal Religions: Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Shintoism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism 

Largest Cities: Seoul, Bombay, Jakarta, Tokyo, Shanghai Consisting Countries

2.Africa 

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world.

Main languages: Arabic, Hausa, Amharic, Yoruba Oromo, Nguni, Igbo, Akan, Berber, and Malagasy 

Principle Religions: Christianity, Islam, tribal religions, and Baha'i 

Largest Cities: Cairo, Egypt; Kinshasa, Zaire, Alexandria, Egypt 

3.North America

North America is the third largest continent.

Main languages: English, French, Spanish

Principal Religions: Roman Catholics, Protestants, Islam, Eastern Orthodoxy

Largest Cities: Mexico city, New York city, Los Angeles, Chicago, Santo Domingo and more.

4.South America

South America is the fourth-largest continent in the world.

Main languages: Spanish, Portuguese, and many Native American Languages. 

Principal Religions: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and others

Largest Cities: São Paulo, Bogotá, Lima, Rio de Janeiro,Caracas and more

5. Europe

Europe is the second smallest continent in the world. 

Main languages: Russian, German, French, English, Italian, Ukrainian, Polish, Spanish, Romanian, Dutch, Serbo-Croatian

Principal Religions: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Judaism

Largest Cities: Moscow, London, Istanbul, St. Petersburg, Berlin

6.Australia/Oceania

Australia is the smallest continent in the world

Main languages: English 

Principal Religions: Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodox Christianity 

Largest Cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, and Canberra-Queanbeyan

7.Antarctica  is the world's fifth-largest continent .

10 Interesting Facts About Antarctica

Here is a list of facts to explore Antarctica.

1.It is the world's fifth-largest continent in area, after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America.

2.98% of the continent is covered by ice.If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres everywhere.

3.In Antarctica there is only one sunrise and one sunset.In summer 24hrs of sunlight and in winter months 24hrs of complete unending darkness.

4.Antarctica is the best place in the world to find meteorites.

5.Antarctica,the frozen continent  is designated as a natural reserve devoted to peace and science.

 Facts About Antarctica

6.Antarctic Treaty

7.Penguins are the only birds that inhabit this frozen landscape.Seals are often found in Antarctic.Land animals that live all year around are midges, mites and tardigrades.

8.Antarctica has no permanent residents.

9.An an Effect of global warming, some of Antarctica has been warming up; particularly strong warming has been noted on the Antarctic Peninsula.

10.Each year a large area of low ozone concentration or "ozone hole" grows over Antarctica.