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ABOUT THE LANDMASSES IN THE WORLD

IILSS 15th July 2022 How many land masses are there in the world?How old is the world?Was there always 7 continents?What are some examples of landmasses?What are the 6 land masses?What are the 7 continents and their countries table?What are the largest landmasses in the world?What are the top 5 landforms?What continent is Russia?What's the meaning of landmass?Which continent has only one country?Which country is heart of Earth?Which place is center of Earth?Who named the 7 continents?Why is Africa called Africa?Why is Asia called Asia?

Only about 29 percent of Earth’s surface consists of land; the remaining 71 percent is water or ice. Thus, less than one-third of our planet is habitable by human beings, and much of this area is too dry, too cold, or too rugged to allow large concentrations of settlement. Our livable world-where permanent settlement is possible-is small indeed. Each of the six continental landmasses possesses unique physical properties, some of which are listed

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What Makes a Continent a Continent?

IILSS 22nd June 2022 Are there 8 continents or 7?Are there 8 or 9 continents?Are there officially 8 continents?Do people live in Antarctica?Do people live in the North Pole?How many country are in Asia?Is Antarctica a continent?Is Greenland a continent?Is New Zealand on a continent?Is there a continent underwater?Is Zealandia the 8th continent?What are 5 countries in Australia?What are the 7 continents and its countries?What continent is Russia?What is the 2nd largest continent?What is the 8th ocean?What is the 9th continent?What is the biggest island?What is the coldest continent on Earth?What is the oldest continent?What is the youngest continent in the world?Which continent is biggest?Which is smallest continent?Who named the continents?Why Australia is a continent?Why Australia is not an island?Why is Oceania a continent?Why is Zealandia not a continent?

According to a 2017 paper published in the Geological Society of America’s journal, GSA Today, “The ‘Glossary of Geology’ defines a continent as ‘one of the Earth’s major landmasses, including both dry land and continental shelves.’ It is generally agreed that continents have all the following attributes: (1) high elevation relative to regions floored by oceanic crust; (2) a broad range of siliceous igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks; (3) thicker crust and lower seismic velocity structure than oceanic crustal regions; and (4) well-defined limits around a large enough area to be considered a continent rather than a microcontinent or continental fragment… To our knowledge, the last point — how ‘major’ a piece of continental crust has to be to be called a continent — is almost never discussed.”