Europe

Continents and World Regions

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It shares the Eurasian landmass with Asia and is commonly considered separated from Asia by features including the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Greater Caucasus, Black Sea, and Turkish straits. Covering about 10.2 million square kilometres, it is the second-smallest continent in the seven-continent model and contains about fifty sovereign states.

Area: Approximately 10,186,000 square kilometres
Population: About 745 million in 2021
Borders: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Asia

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Article: Europe (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q46
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