Continent & ocean
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There are 7 continents on Earth - North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica. The Earth is made up of 71% water and 29% land, with oceans surrounding the continents. Asia is the largest continent and is surrounded by the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Major geographic features include Mount Everest on the Nepal/Tibet border, the Nile River flowing through several African countries, and the Panama isthmus connecting North and South America. The 4 oceans are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic.
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- 1. Our Earth – Continents & Oceans
- 2. Our Planet is called Water planet Earth • Water occupies 71% of planet • Land – 29% • 3 parts of earth’s surface have water and 1 part has land
- 3. • Huge land masses are called CONTINENTS and huge water bodies are called OCEANS
- 4. There are seven continents on Earth . They are North America , South America ,Europe , Asia , Africa , Australia and Antarctica.
- 5. • There are Oceans on 3 sides of ASIA – which is the largest continent. • North- Arctic Ocean • East- Pacific Ocean • South- Indian Ocean
- 6. Some of the countries which fall in the continent of Asia can be seen in the map shown below
- 7. Mount Everest highest peak in Asia The world’s highest peak is Mount Everest it’s called Everest in honor of Sir George Everest, its also called Sagamatha. Its height is 29,035 ft (8,850 m) above sea level; some people believe that it rises 4mm every year. Mount Everest is situated on the border between Sagamatha Zone, Nepal, Tibet and China.
- 8. Africa surrounded by oceans on all sides
- 9. Nile River & Sahara Desert in Africa
- 10. Nile river-world’s longest river is in Africa • Facts- It is having history of thousands of years it flows through nine countries. The White Nile starts from Lake Victoria, Uganda and flowing journey through Sudan and Egypt. The Blue Nile starts from Lake Tana, Ethiopia and flows through Zaire, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi. The Nile river flowing distance in east Africa is 5,584 km and it discharges an average of 65 million liters water in a second.
- 11. Mt McKinley in Alska Continent North America
- 12. • Appalalachian Mountains in North America Height: 6288 feet - 1917 meters Latitude: 44o 54' N
- 13. History of Panama • South America Continent • The red line indicates the Isthmus of Panama which joins North America & South America
- 14. Antartica – White Continent
- 15. Continent Europe located in Northern Hemisphere
- 16. Australia is an island country
- 17. Huge water bodies found on earth are called oceans. The names of four oceans are Pacific Ocean , Atlantic Ocean , Indian Ocean and Arctic Ocean .
- 18. Facts about oceans : • Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean. • Atlantic Ocean is the busiest ocean . • Arctic Ocean is the smallest and frozen ocean.
- 19. Time to check your G.K . Identify the continents shown below: