Asian continent
Largest continental body
Asia, the world's largest landmass, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific, from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean.
The term Asian continent emphasizes geography over political or cultural groupings: The Asian continent contains more than half the world's population.
It distinguishes the physical landmass from regions like the Middle East or South Asia, which carry their own connotations.
- HimalayasAsia's highest range
- Bengal tigerLarge striped Asian feline
- tea plantationFarm growing beverage shrubs
- spice tradeHistorical exchange of aromatics
- BuddhismEnlightenment-seeking Eastern religion
Gobi Desert · Silk Road · Confucianism · ancient temples · Arabian Peninsula · Persian poetry · Mekong Delta · street food · Caspian Sea · Yangtze River · Ural Mountains · Great Wall of China · rice paddy · Mongol invasions · nomadic tribes · Japanese tea ceremony · cherry blossom · Mount Everest
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Asian continentEurope
Smallest inhabited continent
Occident · Western Hemisphere · North America · Western civilization · Africa
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