Our Earth: Continents and Oceans PDF

Our Earth: Continen and Oceans When we look at a globe, we see large parts of the earth's surface covered with water. Water occupies 71 per cent of the planet and land, a mere 29 per cent. This means...

Our Earth: Continen and Oceans When we look at a globe, we see large parts of the earth's surface covered with water. Water occupies 71 per cent of the planet and land, a mere 29 per cent. This means that about three parts of the earth's surface have water and one part has land. Big land masses on the earth's surface that are surrounded by water on all sides are called continents.There are continents-Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Europe,seven North America and South America. These continents are large stretches of water called oceans. separated by Aglo CONTINENTS Look at the map of the world onthis page. Can you locate all the Make a list of the continents continents in it? according to size. ARCTIC oCEAN ASIA Thp fC ATLANTIC oCEAN AFRICA Lpt PAcWIC oCEAN INDIAN Thkef Crk CEANak soUTHERN OCEAN Continents and oceans of the world  world? largest continent in the "Which is the occupies one-third continent in the worid. It Asia is the oceans on three sides of aoa of our olanet. There are east is the ofthe land north lies the Arctic Ocean, to the the of this land mass. To south is the Indian Ocean. A variety the Pacific Ocean and to Some of the highest mountain peaks landforms are found here. here including highest Mt Everest, the countries located of the worid are Asia has the world's most populous peak in the world. neighbours collectively form the India and its China and India. because they share many common physical Mt Everest Indian subcontinent and cultural features. surrounded by continent is Africa which is The second largest Mediterranean on all sides. To the north lies the water bodies Ocean and to the west i east is the Indian Sea, to the variety of Ocean. Due to its size and extent, a the Atlantic world's longest river, the - the landforms are found here. The Sahara, are found here. The Nile, and the largest desert, the Red Sea. connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Suez Canal It allows two-way water This canal in Eqypt is man-made.and Asia without having to transportation between Europe go around Africa. the world is North America The Sucz Canal The third largest continent in highest point in Christopher Columbus discovered it. The The Rockies stretch along the western part and the the continent is Mt Mckinley in Alaska. eastern part of this continent. The entire continent Appalachian Mountains stretch along the parts within the Arctic Circle. This is one of the some lies in the northern hemisphere with world with the countries of the United States of America most advanced continents of the substantial part of it. (the USA) and Canada occupying a continent. North America South America is the fourth largest Isthmus of # IPanama. Ihe and South America are joined by the part of this Andes stretch from north to south in the western which are one of continent. The famous Amazon rainforests, the thickest forests in the world, are found here. It does not have much The fifth largest continent is Antarctica. stations and life apart from scientists living in the research coldest wildlife such as penguins, whales and seals. It is the the year. This part of the world, and remains frozen throughout is surrounded by The Isthmus of Panama is also why it is called the white continent. It stormy seas. developed countries in the Europe is the sixth largest continent and has some of the most is entirely in the neighbour and located world even though it is quite small in size. It is Asia's northern hemisphere. Europe and Asia are sometimes together known as Eurasia, The smallest continent, which is also a country, is Australia. It is an island since it is surrounded by water on all sides and is located entirely in the southern hemisphere. Australia, New Zealand and several other islands together form Australasia, The Great Barrier Reef and the Great Australian Desert are two well-known features of this continent. Did youS The Great Barrier Reef knowo Milions of years ago all the continents formed a single supercontinent called Pangaea. As time passed, Pangaea split into pieces, which started drifting away from one another. The space between the pieces started filling up with water. This is how continents and oceans were formed. OCEANS The seven continents of the world are separated from each other by large stretches of water called oceans. There are five oceans in the world. They are the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest in the world. It is almost circular in shape. It separates the Americas from Pacific Ocean Asia and Australia. The world's deepest trench, the Mariana Trench, which has a depth of 10,994 m, lies in it. The second largest ocean is the Atlantic Ocean which separates North and South America from Europe and Africa. It is shaped like the letter 'S. Aunique feature of this ocean is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a submerged mountain range, which has several high peaks that form islands in the ocean. The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean and is the only ocean that is named after a country, i.e. India. Asia lies to its north, Australia to its east and Africa to its west. The two important parts of this ocean are the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. The Southem Ocean surrounds the continent of Antarctica. It is formed by the merging of the southern parts of the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean and lies in the southern hemisphere. The smallest ocean is the Arctic Ocean. Since it is located mostly within the Arctic Circle, it is covered with ice all the time. The North Pole is located here. It is the northernmost point on the earth and the area surrounding it is frozen throughout the vear