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Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – According to the Great Indonesian Dictionary, continent is the part of the Earth in the form of a large landmass.

Once upon a time, Earth had only one continent, Pangea. However, the Earth currently has seven continents. Of the seven continents, which is the largest continent in the world? Check out the full explanation below.

Order of the largest continents in the world

As mentioned earlier, the Earth has seven continents. Here is the order of the continents from largest to smallest.

1. Continent of Asia

Currently, the largest continent in the world is Asia. The largest continent in the world has an area of ​​approximately 17.2 million square miles or approximately 44.6 million square kilometers. Apart from being large and vast, the Asian continent is the most populous continent in the world, at around 4.6 billion out of the world’s 7.7 billion people in 2020.

The highest and lowest points on earth are also located on the Asian continent, to be precise Mount Everest with a height of 8.8 kilometers above sea level and the Dead Sea with the highest point. lowest at 431 below sea level.

2. African continent

The order of the second largest continent in the world is the African continent. The area of ​​the African continent reaches 11.6 million square miles or about 30 million square kilometers. The population of the African continent is also proportional to its size, which is around 1.3 billion people.

The African continent has the longest river in the world, namely the Nile with a length of about 4,100 miles or 6,600 kilometers. This longest river stretches from Sudan to the Mediterranean Sea.

3. Continent of North America

The North American continent has an area of ​​9.4 million square miles or 24.5 million square kilometers. Population growth on this continent is not proportional to its area. The population of the third largest continent in the world is only 369 million.

One of the largest continents in the world has the largest freshwater lake in the world, namely the Great Lakes Superior with an area of ​​about 82,100 square kilometers. The lake stretches widely between the United States and Canada.

4. Continent of South America

Located in the Western Hemisphere, this continent has an area of ​​6.9 million square miles or 17.8 million square kilometers. South America has 431 million inhabitants.

The world’s largest continent has the world’s longest mountain range, the Andes, which stretch 4,350 miles or 7,000 kilometers from southern Venezuela to Chile.

5. Antarctica Continent

The fifth largest continent in the world is Antarctica. The Antarctic continent has an area of ​​5.5 million square miles or 14.2 million square kilometers. The continent at the south pole is still covered in ice and snow. Therefore, the Antarctic continent is the largest continent in the world that has no inhabitants. However, some researchers and staff live there with certain interests.

6. Continental Europe

The Blue Continent or Europe is a continent with an area of ​​3.8 million square miles or 9.9 square kilometers. With such an area, this continent has only 746 million inhabitants.

7. Mainland Australia

The last continent in the order of the largest continents in the world is Australia. This country as well as a continent has an area of ​​3 million square miles or an area of ​​7.7 million kilometers.

The population in Australia is not too large due to the condition of the land not all of which can be used as dwellings. As many as 25 million of Australia’s 43 million people live in coastal urban areas.

This is the order of the largest continents in the world from largest to smallest.

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