The 7 Continents

North America

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.

"Blue and black satellite photo of North America; shows Great Lakes in relation to rest of country" by NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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South America

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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.

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"DSC_8962 Angel Falls" by ENT108 is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Europe

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.

"a backpacking travel to europe R010-003" by kokorowashinjin is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Asia

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.

"Great Wall of China" by matt512 is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Africa

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.