Asia

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continent

Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent, encompassing diverse cultures, languages, and landscapes across the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Asian continent	3
Asia (historically)	1
Regions of Asia	1

Statements (125)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	continent ⓘ
bordersOcean	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
bordersSea	Arabian Sea ⓘ Bay of Bengal ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Caspian Sea ⓘ East China Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ Sea of Japan ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ
containsCountry	Afghanistan ⓘ Armenia ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Bahrain ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Bhutan ⓘ Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei Cambodia ⓘ China ⓘ Timor-Leste ⓘ surface form: East Timor Georgia ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Israel ⓘ Japan ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Laos ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ North Korea ⓘ Oman ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Russia ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Syria ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Turkmenistan ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam Yemen ⓘ
containsDesert	Arabian Desert ⓘ Gobi Desert ⓘ
containsMajorCity	Bangkok ⓘ Beijing ⓘ New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: Delhi Istanbul ⓘ Batavia ⓘ surface form: Jakarta Karachi ⓘ Manila ⓘ Mumbai ⓘ Riyadh ⓘ Seoul ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Tehran ⓘ Tokyo ⓘ
containsMajorLanguageFamily	Afroasiatic languages ⓘ Altaic languages (proposed) ⓘ Austroasiatic languages ⓘ Austronesian languages ⓘ Dravidian languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
containsMajorReligionOrigin	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Judaism ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Himalayas ⓘ Karakoram ⓘ Tien Shan ⓘ
containsRiver	Amur River ⓘ Ganges ⓘ Indus River ⓘ Lena River ⓘ Mekong River ⓘ Ob River ⓘ Yangtze River ⓘ Yellow River ⓘ
containsSubregion	Central Asia ⓘ East Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent Middle East ⓘ North Asia ⓘ South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
continentRankByArea	1 ⓘ
continentRankByPopulation	1 ⓘ
hasHighestPoint	Mount Everest ⓘ
hasLowestPoint	Dead Sea shore ⓘ
hasMajorClimateType	arid ⓘ polar ⓘ subtropical ⓘ temperate ⓘ tropical ⓘ
highestPointElevation	8848 m ⓘ
isUNGeoschemeRegion	yes ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
lowestPointElevation	approximately −430 m ⓘ
partOf	Eurasia ⓘ
sharesLandmassWith	Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (2,105)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia → continent → Asia ⓘ

Ministry of Justice of Egypt → continent → Asia ⓘ

Ministry of Planning of Egypt → continent → Asia ⓘ

Moab Mountains → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mon → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mon-Khmer → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mongol Ilkhanate → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mongolia → continent → Asia ⓘ

Moscow City Soviet of People’s Deputies → continent → Asia ⓘ

Moscow Conservatory → continent → Asia ⓘ

Moti Masjid → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Moti Masjid (Red Fort)

Mount Aso → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mount Everest → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mount Iraya Agta Bikol → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mount Kerinci → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mount Kinabalu → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mount Lebanon → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mount Semeru → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mount Sinai → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mount Uhud → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mpu Sindok → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mtatsminda Pantheon → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mtkvari River → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mubarak Al-Kabeer → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Mughal Empire

Mughal dynasty → continent → Asia ⓘ

Mula River → continent → Asia ⓘ

Multan → continent → Asia ⓘ

Muna–Buton languages → continent → Asia ⓘ

Musashi Imperial Mausolea Complex → continent → Asia ⓘ

Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo) → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Musée National des Beaux-Arts de l’Occident

Muztagh Tower → continent → Asia ⓘ

Myanmar → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nabataean kingdom → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nabatieh, Lebanon → continent → Asia ⓘ

subject surface form: Nabatieh

Nablus → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nagano Olympic Stadium → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nagasaki trading post → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nagoya City Hall → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nagoya Higher Normal School → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nagwa → continent → Asia ⓘ

Naha → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nam District → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nara → continent → Asia ⓘ

Narendra Modi Stadium → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nashik → continent → Asia ⓘ

Nasirabad → continent → Asia ⓘ

National Alpine Ski Centre → continent → Asia ⓘ