Explore Earth at the continental scale. Each continent page highlights major landforms (mountain chains, basins, plateaus), tectonic boundaries and shields, climate belts, biomes and ecoregions, watersheds and coasts, plus headline records (highest peak, longest river, largest desert). Use this hub to compare continents side-by-side, view overview maps, and jump into continent-level case studies. Links to countries and cities are optional extras—not the focus.
Ask most people about Earth’s deepest place and they’ll jump straight to the Mariana Trench. That part is correct, but “deepest points on each continent” is a different question. It depends on how you define a continent, whether you count land under ice, and even which year you measure, because water levels are changing as […]
Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent—a vast, windswept wilderness about the size of the United States and Mexico combined. It holds most of the planet’s fresh water locked in ice and is ringed by the powerful Southern Ocean. There are no cities, no permanent residents, and the rules here are set by an international treaty focused […]
Ask any two atlases this question and you may get two different answers. Armenia sits in the South Caucasus, a mountainous land bridge between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Geographers, historians, and institutions use slightly different rules to place it—by land it’s West Asian; by institutions and culture it leans strongly European. (As […]
When discussing the largest country in the world, it’s important to consider several metrics, including total area, population, and economy. This article will explore these dimensions, providing a comprehensive overview of the countries that lead in each category. Additionally, we will examine the largest countries by continent. Largest Country by Area Russia is the largest […]
Ask a classroom atlas and you’ll get “yes.” Ask a geologist and you’ll hear “not in the tectonic sense.” Europe is a textbook continent in the widely taught seven-continent model, yet it is also the western peninsula of the much larger Eurasian landmass. The answer depends on the criteria you use—geographic, geologic, cultural-historical, or institutional. […]
Imagine a world map where everything is grouped into just four huge regions: Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. That’s the old “Four Continents” idea—common in European maps and artworks from the 1500s to the 1800s. It shaped how people labeled the globe long before the seven-continent model most English-language schools teach today. What are Four […]
Most of the world has snakes, from tropical forests to semi-arid hillsides. But a handful of places buck the pattern. If you’re ophidiophobic (afraid of snakes), the map of snake-free lands is surprisingly small—and the reasons are scientific, not mythical. Which Countries Have No Snakes at All? As of 2025, only three widely recognized sovereign […]
Africa is a treasure trove with rich resources like gold, diamonds, copper, and platinum. But its vast material wealth is juxtaposed sharply with a challenging reality: while it boasts human talent, many residents remain unemployed. Theoretically, the equation should be simple: combine these natural resources with human potential, and prosperity should follow. However, as is […]
From the ice fields of Antarctica to the rainforests of the Amazon, we divide Earth’s land into a handful of big “chunks” called continents. Most school systems teach seven: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania (often called Australia), and South America. The idea is simple—but the details are surprisingly interesting. What Are The Continents? […]
The map we learn in school shows Earth broken into a few big “chunks” of land called continents. Simple, right? In practice, geographers, historians, and geologists don’t always draw the lines in exactly the same place. This guide explains what a continent is, why some regions are grouped differently, and provides a clean, referenced list […]
