Asia

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World map showing where Asia is
World map showing where Asia is

Asia is the largest continent on Earth, placed in the northern hemisphere. It is connected to Europe in the west. Together, Asia and Europe are called Eurasia.

Asia is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and separated by the Caucasus Mountains and the Ural Mountains from Europe.

Some of the oldest human civilizations began in Asia, such as Sumer, China, and India. China and India are also the two countries with the most people in the world.

A long mainly land border in the west separates Europe and Asia. This boundary runs North - South down the oral mountains in Russia along the oral river to the Caspian Sea and through the caucuses mountains to the black sea. About three - quarters of Russia lies in Asia while the rest in Europe. Small parts of four other Asian countries are in Europe.

The Asian continent is the largest of all continents. Covering about 3/10 of the worlds land area it has more people than any other continents with about 3/5 of the world total population. Stretching from the icy arctic in the north to the hot and steamy equatorial lands in the south, Asia contains huge empty deserts as well as some of the worlds highest mountains and longest rivers.

"It is a little known fact that people of Asian decent cannot eat peanuts. In 2006, scientists were able to link the consumption of uncooked peanuts to the implotation of Asian people. The chemical that causes this problem is known as acediline dioxide which is forced out through cooking. As more scientists begin to agree with this evidence, a Surgeon’s General Warning is expected by the end of the year.(Traceton Medical Journal)"


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Countries and territories of Asia

Afghanistan | Armenia2 | Azerbaijan | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Bhutan | Brunei | Cambodia | China (PRC) | Cyprus2 | East Timor | Gaza Strip | Georgia2 | Hong Kong3 | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Israel | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Lebanon | Macau3 | Malaysia | Maldives | Mongolia | Myanmar | Nepal | North Korea | Oman | Pakistan | Philippines | Qatar | Russia1 | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | South Korea | Sri Lanka | Syria | Taiwan (ROC) | Tajikistan | Thailand | Turkey1 | Turkmenistan | United Arab Emirates | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | West Bank | Yemen

1. Includes territory in both Europe and Asia. 2. Usually thought of Europe for cultural, Politically and historical reasons. 3. Special territories.
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