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    Determining the boundaries between the continents is generally a matter of geographical convention. Several slightly different conventions are in use. The number...
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    than a continent. This divides the entire land surface of Earth into continents, regions or quasi-continents. The criterion that each continent is a discrete...
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  • on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, see the Boundaries between the continents of Earth. Turkey is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian...
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  • language geographers. Combined continents like "the Americas" and "Eurasia" are not acknowledged or referenced. The boundary between Asia and Europe is largely...
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    after the Volga and the Danube, and the 18th-longest river in Asia. The Ural is conventionally considered part of the boundary between the continents of...
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  • into adjacent continents. Variations on are noted below and discussed in the following articles: Continent, Boundaries between the continents of Earth, and...
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    Divergent boundaries within continents initially produce rifts, which eventually become rift valleys. Most active divergent plate boundaries occur between oceanic...
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    Border (redirect from National boundaries)
    irregularities of the United States Borders of the Roman Empire Boundaries between the continents of Earth Boundary delimitation Boundary (real estate) Enclave...
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    Australasia, the continent Australia and the country Australia) Coastline paradox Continent Boundaries between the continents of Earth Island List of islands by...
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    Turkish straits (category Straits of the Mediterranean Sea)
    part of the landmass of Eurasia, the Straits are conventionally considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia, as well as the dividing...
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    political and geographic borders Geography portal Politics portal Boundaries between the continents of Earth Category:Border-related lists This article includes...
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    Isthmus of Suez (category Landforms of the Middle East)
    Canal, the boundary between the continents of Africa and Asia. To the south is the Gulf of Suez, dividing mainland Egypt from the Sinai Peninsula. The area...
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    Ural Mountains (redirect from The Urals)
    the continents of Europe and Asia. Vaygach Island and the islands of Novaya Zemlya form a further continuation of the chain to the north into the Arctic...
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    merely part of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans, Antarctica borders on all three. Borders of the oceans Boundaries between the continents of Earth Sea...
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    Europe (redirect from Boundaries of Europe)
    the Ural Mountains as a boundary between continents. The mapmakers continued to differ on the boundary between the lower Don and Samara well into the...
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    considerably between basins, mountain ranges, and stable cratonic interiors of continents. The location where two plates meet is called a plate boundary. Plate...
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    better-known, such as the San Andreas Fault and North Anatolian Fault. Transform boundaries are also known as conservative plate boundaries because they involve...
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  • identification of continent-ocean boundaries is important in the definition of plate boundaries at the time of break-up when trying to reconstruct the geometry...
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  • their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between Europe and Asia. Inland water is included in area...
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    especially once the collision is complete and the two continents are completely sutured. Convergence between the continents continues because the crust is still...
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    newly discovered continent, which is why it was accorded with the feminine names of the other continents: Asia, Africa, and Europa. Since the 1950s, however...
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  • The scheme represents a compromise between political and botanical divisions. All boundaries either follow a political boundary (country boundary, province...
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  • Under the commonly used geographic definition, the boundary between the continents of Asia and Europe stretches along the Ural Mountains, the Ural River...
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    Africa (redirect from African continent)
    was drawn between the two continents by the geographer Ptolemy (85–165 CE), indicating Alexandria along the Prime Meridian and making the isthmus of...
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  • most of the ocean basins are large geologic basins that are below sea level. Most commonly the ocean is divided into basins following the continents distribution:...
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    Cornelius Gallus (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    regarded the Tanais (Don) to be the boundary between Europe and Asia. Both rivers flow into the Sea of Azov. See further: Boundaries between the continents. Hollis...
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  • on the boundary between the continents, the stadium can be considered as located in Asia "UEFA Circular Letter No24: Invitation to bid to host the UEFA...
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    rocky islands rising above sea level. The ridges are continental rock, but are lower in elevation than normal continents because their crust is thinner than...
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    World map (redirect from Maps of the world)
    world map requires global knowledge of the Earth, its oceans, and its continents. From prehistory through the Middle Ages, creating an accurate world...
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    of the Bosphorus. On the north the boundary between the continents of Asia and Europe is commonly regarded as running through the Dardanelles, the Sea...
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