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Asia. Asia ( / ˈeɪʒə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈeɪʃə / AY-shə) is the largest continent [ note 1][ 10][ 11] in the world by both land area and population. [ 11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometers, [ note 2] about 30% of Earth 's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area.
Image:BlankMap-World.png– World map, Robinson projectioncentered on the meridian circa 11°15' to east from the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstatesand island nationsare generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regionsare exhibited.
Rejecting the Nile River as the Asian border so as not to split Egypt, Ptolemy designates the Red Sea as the border between Libya and Asia. In the north, the border between Asia and Europe is a meridian through the mouth of the Don River northward "to the unknown region." [13] Asia Minor remains "Asia properly so called." [14]
The boundary between Asia and Europe is unusual among continental boundaries because of its largely mountain-and-river-based characteristics north and east of the Black Sea. Asia and Europe are considered separate continents for historical reasons; the division between the two goes back to the early Greek geographers.
[4] (5) Studying Website Usability in Asia, Ather Nawaz and Torkil Clemmensen select Asian countries on the basis of United Nations statistical divisions, and Taiwan is also included. [5] (6) Taiwan is also included in the UN Geoscheme of Eastern Asia in one systematic review on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. [6]
001 – World. Southeast Asia[ a] is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania. [ 5] Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of ...
Summary. Description Europe blank map.png. English: Blank political map of Europe - use to show countries' locations, EU members, etc. Date. 26 March 2005, 19:56 (UTC) Source. the map is using the maps' boundaries as provided by one of the thousands files in the ClarisImpact libraries, otherwise competely redrawn, including "wiki" colors. Author.
Afghanistan / Bangladesh / Bhutan / China / Myanmar / Nepal / Pakistan / Sri Lanka. Indian Ocean ( Gulf of Kutch, Gulf of Khambat, Laccadive Sea, Arabian Sea) / Gulf of Mannar / Bay of Bengal / Andaman Sea.