Continents of the World: What Counts as a Continent + Facts Table
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. That’s because “continent” is partly science—and partly convention.This guide explains what a continent is, why different models exist (5, 6, […]