Continent

Last updated Mar 31, 2023 Edit Source

Naively described as contiguous Land-Mass surrounded by Water-Mass on a global-scale (in Opposition to Islands, the largest of which is Greenland)

They largely coincide with a subset of Tectonic plates, which can also form high Mountain Ranges like the Alps or the Himalayas, but except for the Ural (separating Europa , these are not typically used to distinguish Continents. Although

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