The 7 Continents 

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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/50979393@N00/14692014630">"Life on the Ice. Gould Bay, Antarctica. @ChrisMichel"</a>&nbsp;by<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/50979393@N00">Christopher.Michel</a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich">CC BY 2.0</a>

Antarctica has the smallest population of the 7. No permanent settlements are on Antarctica, only research stations. Its covered almost completely by ice. 

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24252665@N03/2312619779">"a backpacking travel to europe R010-003"</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/24252665@N03">kokorowashinjin</a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich">CC BY 2.0</a>

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/62912515@N00/3845970002">"Australia 2009"</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/62912515@N00">stoofstraat</a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich">CC BY-NC-SA 2.0</a><br/>

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/43788330@N05/4036839507">"Blue and black satellite photo of North America; shows Great Lakes in relation to rest of country"</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/43788330@N05">NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory</a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>

This continent holds the two smallest countries in the world. Vatican City, and Monaco. There are 44 countries total in Europe. There are 748 million people living in Europe. 

Africa has the most countries within it counting 54. About 1.3 billion people live here. The oldest human fossils were found in Africa. Africa holds the longest river in the world, the Nile.

Asia is the largest continent of the 7. About 4.6 billion people live here. There are over 2,300 languages spoken in Asia. The tiny country of Qatar is one of the richest countries in the world because of oil exploration and the petroleum industry.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25779097@N08/2418525902">"Witsand - South Africa"</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/25779097@N08">South African Tourism</a>&nbsp;is licensed under<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich">CC BY 2.0</a>

This continent holds the longest mountain range, The Andes. It also holds the tallest waterfall, the Angel Falls. The driest place on earth is also located here, the Atacama Desert in Chile. About 430 million people live on this continent. 

This continent is home to 23 countries. Greenland is part of this continent and it is the largest island in the world. About 580 million people live on the North American Continent.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/63737648@N00/2184549701">"DSC_8962 Angel Falls"</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/63737648@N00">ENT108</a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich">CC BY-NC 2.0</a>

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29091377@N02/4065629211">"Great Wall of China"</a>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29091377@N02">matt512</a>&nbsp;is licensed under&nbsp;<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich">CC BY 2.0</a>

This is the smallest continent out of the 7. It is also known as Oceania. About 43 million people live here. Australia itself is the largest landmass, but New Zealand, Vanuatu and many other islands are also part of this continent. 

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