Continents and Regions

A continent is one of the Earth's large land masses. The World's continents are generally defined as: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Oceania and Antarctica.

• Asia is the largest continent<
• Africa is almost equally balanced either side of the equator
• North America lies between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
• South America stertches south from the tropics to the South Pole
• Antarctica encircles the South Pole
• Europe is one of the smallest continents
• Oceania is made up of Australia, New Zealand and many small islands