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Arctic Ocean

The Earth's Continents & Oceans

North America

Europe

Asia

Atlantic Ocean

Africa

Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

South America

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Australia

Click on each icon to obtain information about the continents and oceans of the world.

Southern Ocean

Antarctica

North America

- North America is the third biggest continent in the world. - Major countries in North America include the USA and Canada. - Pumpkin and corn originally came from there. - North America is home to bears, moose and skunks. - In Mexico, there are world's largest petroleum and natural gas deposits. - Geographic calculations show that North America is two times larger than Europe.

Australia

The smallest continent in the world

• Sometimes it is called an island-continent. • The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef, is in Australia. • The continent nearest to Australia is Asia. • Australia has many unique animals including kangaroos, koalas and emus.

Kangaroo Koala Emus

Africa

Africa is the second largest continent on the planet Earth. Covering almost 22% of the world’s total area It is also home to world's largest desert as well as the longest river, i.e. Nile, which passes through several countries.

South America

• South America is the fourth biggest continent in the world
• • South America only has 12 countries.
• • Major countries include Brazil and Argentina.
• • The Amazon, the world’s biggest rainforest, is found here.
• • Tomatoes, potatoes and chocolate all come from South America originally.
• • Llamas, sloths and jaguars can be found here.