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is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numero

The third largest continent, location of three large nations [[Canada]], the [[United States of America

...stly in the southern hemisphere, consisting of Australasia (the Australian continent and New Zealand), Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.

* Reader, John. ''Africa: A Biography of a Continent'' (1997)

...ase obtained in 1915, which was the base of Japanese strength on the Asian continent before [[World War Two in the Pacific]].

...d as a sngle continent. Geographers generally do not take the concept of a continent very seriously, considering it has little scientific value. ...n the internet), a 5-continent scheme is much more widely known than the 7-continent one found in reference books now:

...term describing the obvious intent of the US to occupy the North American continent from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans. ...millions," and "the right of our manifest destiny to ... possess the whole continent which providence has given us for the development of the great experiment o

...ception]] plan to convince the [[Wehrmacht]] that the main invasion of the continent of Europe would take place at the [[Pas de Calais]], while diversions would

The largest continent in both land area (with 30% of Earth's land area) and population (with 4 bi

...to those parts of Asia east of Afghanistan, but outside of the Indian sub-continent.

is a core region of the African continent which includes [[Angola]], [[Burundi]], [[Cameroon]], the [[Central African

'''South America''' is a continent with around 370 million peoples and several nation states which owe their o

...ly [[egg]]-laying. There are over 8,000 [[species]], which inhabit every [[continent]] except [[Antarctica]]. The class is divided into four [[order (taxonomy)|

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'''East [[Africa]]''' is the easterly region of that [[continent]], variably defined by [[geography]] or [[geopolitics]]. In the [[United Na

...<ref>Sumathi Ramaswamy. 1999. Catastrophic Cartographies: Mapping the Lost Continent of Lemuria. ''Representations'' 67:92-129</ref> This theory fell out of fav

...olubridae is the largest snake family. Colubrid species are found on every continent except Antarctica.

...rby Islands. The area is heavily, though not entirely, covered by ice. The continent covers 12,093,00 square kilometers, excluding sea ice sheets. The highest m ...rctic Circle, during his second voyage (1772-1775). He circumnavigated the continent but did not sight land, only sea ice. He observed rock debris in some icebe

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...ulation growth around 2% per annum , the outlook for the people in the sub continent seem good. The statistics, however, hide some serious concerns.