continents

1. The large parts of the surface of the Earth that rise above sea level. The seven major continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

According to the theory of plate tectonics, continents move along piggy-back on the tectonic plates like rafts floating on water.

Continents are made from the lightest rocks in the Earth. Some of these are also the oldest known rocks on Earth, with an age of 3.5 billion years, measured by radioactive dating.

Example Sentences

Kazakhstan is a huge country, the world's ninth largest by land area and spanning two continents.

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The largest country in the world spans two continents and 11 time zones.

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Nor was her involvement "off-the-cuff... madness" but pre-planned with others across continents, he added.

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Ethan Guo, 19, is alleged to have illegally landed his plane in Chilean territory after embarking on a solo trip to all seven continents to raise money for cancer research, according to local authorities.

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So he went looking - in jungles, grasslands and oceans - across six continents for where more "lessons could be learned" about parental change, dedication and ingenuity.

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