MAJOR CONTINENTS & OCEANS

WORLD CONTINENTS & OCEANS

1. MAJOR CONTINENTS & OCEANS

2. THERE ARE SEVEN MAJOR CONTINENTS .THESE ARE SEPARATED BY LARGE WATER BODIES . THESE CONTINENTS ARE ASIA,EUROPE,AFRICA, NORTH AMERICA,SOUTH AMERICA , AUSTRALIA & ANTARCTICA .

3. ASIA LARGEST CONTINENT . COVER’S ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA OF THE EARTH. THE CONTINENT LIES IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE. THE TROPIC OF CANCER PASSES THROUGH THIS CONTINENT. ASIA IS SEPARATED FROM EUROPE BY THE URAL MOUNTAINS ON THE WEST . THE COMBINED LANDMASS OF EUROPE AND ASIA IS KNOWN AS EURASIA .(EUROPE+ASIA)

4. EUROPE 1 . EUROPE IS MUCH SMALLER THAN ASIA. 2. THE CONTINENT LIES TO THE WEST OF ASIA. 3.THE ARCTIC CIRCLE PASSES THROUGH THIS CONTINENT. 4 .IT IS BOUNDED BY WATER BODIES ON THREE SIDES.

5. AFRICA 1. IT IS THE SECOND LARGEST CONTINENT. 2.THE EQUATOR ALMOST RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CONTINENT. 3.A LARGE PART OF AFRICA LIES IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. 4. IT IS THE ONLY CONTINENT THROUGH WHICH THE TROPIC OF CANCER,THE EQUATOR AND TROPIC OF CAPRICORN PASS. 5. THE SAHARA DESERT , WORLD’S LARGEST HOT DESERT AND THE LONGEST RIVER THE NILE IS IN AFRICA.

6. NORTH AMERICA IT IS THE THIRD LARGEST CONTINENT IN THE WORLD. IT IS LINKED TO SOUTH AMERICA BY A VERY NARROW STRIP OF LAND CALLED THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA.

7. SOUTH AMERI CA 1.IT LIES MOSTLY IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE 2. THE LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE RUNS THROUGH THIS CONTINENT. 3.IT ALSO HAS THE WORLD’S LARGEST RIVER AMAZON.

8. AUSTRALIA 1.IT IS THE SMALLEST CONTINENT THAT LIES ENTIRELY IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE . 2.IT IS SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY OCEANS & SEAS. 3.IT IS CALLED AN ISLAND CONTINENT.

9. ANTARCTICA 1.IT COMPLETELY LIES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE . 2.THE SOUTH POLE ALMOST LIE AT THE CENTRE OF THIS CONTINENT . 3.AS IT IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH POLAR REGION,IT IS PERMANENTLY COVERED WITH THICK ICE SHEETS. 4.THERE ARE NO PERMANENT HUMAN SETTLEMENTS . 5.MANY COUNTRIES HAVE RESEARCH STATIONS IN ANTARCTICA.

10. QUIZ TIME

11. Q1. NAME THE CONTINENT WITH ONLY ONE COUNTRY.

12. Q.2 CONTINENT WITHOUT SNAKES OR REPTILES.

13. Q3. THE ONLY CONTINENT WITHOUT DESERT.

14. Q4. THE THEORY DEALS WITH THE FORMATION OF CONTINENTS ?