page_title: Boundaries between the continents of Earth
hierarchical_section_title: Boundaries between the continents of Earth
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Karte der Kontinente, basierend auf File:BlankMap-World.png. Die Karte enthält keine Beschriftung, damit sie als Grundlage für verschiedene Sprachen benutzt werden kann. Kontinente, für die verschiedene Aufteilungen in Gebrauch sind (z.B. Amerika bzw. Nord-/Südamerika oder Eurasien bzw. Europa/Asien) sind in verschiedenen Abstufungen der selben Farbe gehalten. Amerika: &#160;&#160; Nordamerika &#160;&#160; Südamerika Eurasien: &#160;&#160; Asien &#160;&#160; Europa &#160;&#160; Afrika &#160;&#160; Australien/Ozeanien &#160;&#160; AntarktikEnglish&#x3a;&#32; Compiled chiefly from File:BlankMap-World.png. Blank to permit labels in various languages. Controversial continents/subcontinents (i.e. one or two Americas, Eurasia vs Europe and Asia) are in different shades of the same colour: Americas: &#160;&#160; North America &#160;&#160; South America Eurasia: &#160;&#160; Asia &#160;&#160; Europe &#160;&#160; Africa &#160;&#160; Australia/Oceania &#160;&#160; AntarcticaFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Carte des continents, depuis File:BlankMap-World.png. C'est vide pour permettre aux gens d'ajouter des étiquettes propres à diverses langues. Les continents/sous-continents dont le statut est controversé (par example une Amérique ou deux, Eurasie vs Europe et Asie) sont illustrés en teints différents de la même couleur. Amérique: &#160;&#160; Amérique du Nord &#160;&#160; Amérique du Sud Eurasie: &#160;&#160; Asie &#160;&#160; Europe &#160;&#160; Afrique &#160;&#160; Océanie &#160;&#160; AntarctiqueItaliano&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Carta dei continenti, basata su File:BlankMap-World.png. La carta non contiene descrizioni, in modo che possa essere utilizzata in ogni lingua. I continenti che sono spesso menzionati come diversi (ad esempio America e Nord/Sud Amerika) sono mostrati in diverse gradazioni dello stesso colore. America: &#160;&#160; America del Nord &#160;&#160; America del Sud Eurasia: &#160;&#160; Asia &#160;&#160; Europa &#160;&#160; Africa &#160;&#160; Oceania &#160;&#160; AntartidePolski&#x3a;&#32; Mapa kontynentów, oparta na File:BlankMap-World.png. Nie zawiera żadnych nazw, aby można je było nanosić w różnych językach. Kontynenty, pomiędzy którymi granice są dyskusyjne (tzn. Ameryka Północna i Południowa, Europa i Azja) oznaczono różnymi odcieniami tych samych kolorów.
context_page_description: The boundaries between the continents of Earth are generally a matter of geographical convention. Several slightly different conventions are in use. The number of continents is most commonly considered seven but may range as low as four when the Americas and Afro-Eurasia are each considered a single continent. An island can be continental, and therefore associated with the continent on the same continental plate, or oceanic and associated with a continent or geographic region by convention.
  There are three overland boundaries subject to definition:
  between Europe and Asia: along the Turkish Straits, the Caucasus, and the Urals and the Ural River
  between Asia and Africa: at the Isthmus of Suez
  between North America and South America: at some point on the Isthmus of Panama, with the most common demarcation in atlases and other sources following the Darién Mountains watershed that divides along the Colombia–Panama border where the isthmus meets the South American continent
context_section_description: The boundaries between the continents of Earth are generally a matter of geographical convention. Several slightly different conventions are in use. The number of continents is most commonly considered seven but may range as low as four when the Americas and Afro-Eurasia are each considered a single continent. An island can be continental, and therefore associated with the continent on the same continental plate, or oceanic and associated with a continent or geographic region by convention.
  There are three overland boundaries subject to definition:
  between Europe and Asia (dividing Eurasia): along the Turkish Straits, the Caucasus, and the Urals and the Ural River (historically also north of the Caucasus, along the Kuma–Manych Depression or along the Don River)
  between Asia and Africa (dividing Afro-Eurasia into Africa and Eurasia): at the Isthmus of Suez
  between North America and South America (dividing the Americas): at some point on the Isthmus of Panama, with the most common demarcation in atlases and other sources following the Darién Mountains watershed that divides along the Colombia–Panama border where the isthmus meets the South American continent (see Darién Gap)
  While the isthmus between Asia and Africa and that between North and South America are today navigable, via the Suez and Panama canals, respectively, diversions and canals of human origin generally are not accepted on their own accord as continent-defining boundaries; the Suez Canal happens to traverse the isthmus between the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea, dividing Asia and Africa. 
  The remaining boundaries concern the association of islands and archipelagos with specific continents, notably:
  the delineation of Southeast Asia from  Australia in the Ceram Sea, Arafura Sea, Timor Sea, Halmahera Sea, and Malay Archipelago
  the delineation between Africa, Europe and Asia in the Mediterranean Sea
  the delineation between Asia and Europe in the Arctic Ocean
  the delineation between Europe and North America in the Atlantic Ocean
  the delineation between North and South America in the Caribbean Sea
  the delineation of Asia from North America in the North Pacific Ocean
  the delineation of Antarctica from South America, Africa and  Australia in the South Atlantic Ocean, South Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, respectively (referred to collectively by some geographers as the Southern Ocean or the Antarctic Ocean).
caption: Color-coded map of continents:
             Americas
           North America
           South America
                  Afro-Eurasia
                Eurasia
              Europe
              Asia
           Africa
        Australia
        Antarctica
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